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A couple of World War II stories caught my eye today.
The Spokesman-Review has a piece about the dog tag of a Spokane soldier killed in the battle of Guadalcanal making it to his sister 66 years after he was killed. Cpl. Walter Raymond Hahn was serving with the Washington National Guard's 161st Regiment when he was killed on Jan. 18, 1943. The story about the return of the dog tag is pretty dang interesting.
And this other story isn’t local but is interesting nonetheless: The Washington Post writes about Congolese soldiers conscripted into fighting against Germany. (Congo was then a Belgian colony.) There are legions of soldiers who have fought on behalf of other nations and often get forgotten when the war is finished. For those who fought in World War II, there numbers are swiftly dwindling.
Another 160 soldiers from the Washington National Guard’s 81st Brigade Combat Team will arrive at McChord Air Force Base tomorrow afternoon, ending an 11-month mobilization that saw them serve in Iraq.
A charter airplane from Fort McCoy, Wis., will land at McChord at about 4 p.m. A bus will take the soldiers to Wilson Gym on North Fort Lewis, where they will be reunited with their families.
More information on how to attend the homecoming ceremonies is here.
UPDATE: Soldiers from the following units are expected to be on the plane:
Headquarters, 81st Brigade Combat Team
181st Brigade Support Battalion
1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment
