Last WW2 KIA

[kalboy]

With Veterans Day around the corner ........
Anthony J Marchione, photographer on board B-32 Dominator( Hobo Queen 2 ) KIA 18 August 1945 while on recon mission verifying Japanese cease fire/surrender compliance. Marchione is widely regarded as the last US combat KIA of WW2 . Hobo Queen 2 is foreground in photo. Painting below is artist's rendition of attack.
Many thanks to all vets !!!

 

[rob63]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

A little known fact; the last soldier to die in the Civil War was from Indiana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Williams_(American_Civil_War)

He died in his very first battle, the last of the war, which was fought a month after Lee had surrendered at Appomattox. Ironically, it was also a Confederate victory, so the Confederates actually won the last battle fought in the war.

 

[edporch]

My dad's nephew was a pilot on a B-32 Dominator in WW2.

 

[BE Mike]

A high school buddy had his father die in the early 60's due to some shrapnel that he received in WWII. I'd have to say that he was one of the last casualties of WWII.

 

[LtScott14]

Any lost lives or MIA's from WW2 should be remembered. They are leaving us, daily.

We had an Uncle(Army Air Corps) who went MIA in New Guniea in 1943. Wreckage from his B25 was found in 1998, our family services were in 2004.

We attended Services for the Crew in Arlington Cemetery. Was an experience, and very quiet afterwords. Humbling.

 

[KJQ6945]

Thanks for posting.