Welcome Home...!!!!

Welcome home, Marine!

TR

So happy for you and your family!

Welcome home Marine, may you Rest in Peace.

PSA:

PFC James B Johnson,, MIA/KIA
Co K, 3rd Bn, 8th Mar, 2nd Marine Div, USMC,
Betio, Battle of Tarawa Atoll, Nov 20th 1943

Is coming home and will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, May 31st, 2016, @ 11AM.

Semper Fidelis

Welcome home, Brother!

You have been missed!

A great event and a very fitting place to come home to.

I'm in North Va, with my kids and 5 G-Kids.

Uncle Jim arrived from DPAA Hawaii, friday morning for a Dignified Transfer at BWI.

I attended with my youngest g-daughter and her mom. Additionally the Marine escort that flew with Uncle Jim, USMC staff from DPAA Quantico, and a representative of History Flight attended.

The Delta pilot greeted us and presented me with a Delta Coin and card. The passengers stay on the plane while the transfer process progressed. I didn't notice, but my daughter said the Windows had many faces taking pictures.

Uncle Jim will be Interred at Arlington National Cemitery, Tuesday, May 31st, @ 11:30

Welcome home Uncle Jim, Memorial Day no less.. RIP and thank you for what you've done

Welcome home, Brother Marine! Semper Fi!

Ran across what looks like the most recent AP article.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coi...cid=spartandhp

Thanks for the link.

Not sure how who is pushing the PR ball.. I have been inundated with link after link.

Not unappreciated,, but not sought either.

I did one interview with our home town paper The Poughkeepsie Journal that turned into two front page articles and an editorial..

Then a short phone call from AP New England, followed up by their DC reporter at the services. Unasked for, was a small army of professional phographers at the services.

Have lost count, but over 20 linked-relinked articles,, and this AM a friend says she saw something on CNN AM News..

For my money and with much humility,, The USMC did a fantastic job, as did the DPAA team. I and the family are very pleased. Also, The work of History Flight and Mark Noah's team in accomplishing a hucurliean effort in finding these 35 lost Marines.

Welcome home, Marine PFC James B. Johnson. You had a very long layover on a tiny atoll in the ironically named Pacific. You are now, securely, back to your own home soil. Rest in Peace.

Pat

Last post....

This is a video created by Patrick Hughes. Patrick is best known for his work with Rolling Thunder, but he can regularly be seen at many many veteran's memorial events.

Arlington Full Honors Burial for Tarawa Marine PFC James Bernard Johnson KIA 11/20/1943

Interesting tidbit: One of the Marine pallbearers was a student of my cousin, who also attended the services.