MIAs and POWs are very important to me.
When the first MIA-POW bans came out, I went to get one and a woman asked me to get one with her brother on it, I did. His name is, Spec. 4 David Munoz, lost on 5-13-69. He has never been found or returned. I also got another, he is Lt Col Herbert Lunsford USAF. Lost on 7-26-67, I wear these at every Honor Guard Duty I am in and also all Marine Corps League functions, and American Legion functions to honor them and others, who are lost.
I have two family members that were lost in WWII, Robert Eugene Schooling, Sgt, 447th Boom Group, USAAF, KIA/MIA 1-11-44. The school kids in the Netherlands found him and he was buried by them to protect his body from the Germans, after the war he was returned home.
Russell Ray Pruett, Seaman 1st Class, USN, KIA/MIA 9-11-43. USS Rowan was torpedoed off the coast of Sicily during the invasion of Sicily. and his body was never found.
Thank you,
Wm David Schooling
Marine Corps 1955-1959 MOS 0341
Marine Corps League D889 Mt St Hellens, Longview, WA.
American Leagon 175 Castele Rock, WA