FW: VVA: taken from the VFW newsletter.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible;

 and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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From: vva@vva2.talklist.com
To: vva@vva2.talklist.com
Subject: VVA: taken from the VFW newsletter.
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:33:35 -0500

. Seven MIAs Identified: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains and burial updates for six airmen and one soldier who had been missing in action since World War II and the Korean War, respectively. Returned home for burial with full military honors are:

• Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William P. Cook, 27, of Alameda, Calif.; Flight Officer Arthur J. LeFavre, 22, of Red Bank, N.J.; Staff Sgts. Maurice J. Fevold, 21, of Chicago, Frank G. Lane Jr., 21, of Cleveland, and Ward C. Swalwell Jr., 21, also of Chicago; and Sgt. Eric M. Honeyman, 21, also from Alameda. On Dec. 23, 1944, Cook along with five other B-26G Marauder crewmembers were on a mission to bomb an enemy bridge when they were shot down by antiaircraft fire near Seffern, Germany, near the Belgium border. Cook and Fevold were buried in October 2014 and Lane was buried in May 2015. Honeyman will be buried on June 22 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Swalwell, LeFavre and the group representing the crew will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery sometime this August. Read more at: http://www.dpaa.mil/NewsStories/NewsReleases/tabid/10159/Article/600705/airmen-missing-from-world-war-ii-accounted-for-cook-lefavre-fevold-lane-swalwel.aspx.
• Army Cpl. Kenneth P. Darden, 18, of Akron, Ohio, will be buried June 27 in his hometown. In late 1950, Darden was assigned to Battery A, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, in the vicinity of Hoengsong, North Korea, when their line was attacked by Chinese forces, forcing the unit to withdraw south to a more defensible position. Darden was reported missing in action after the battle. Read more at: http://www.dpaa.mil/NewsStories/NewsReleases/tabid/10159/Article/600704/soldier-missing-from-korean-war-accounted-for-darden.aspx.

Ken Riskedahl
Tupelo, MS.