Donna, His photo was with the article on the front page of the Sentinel. His obit was listed with the obits then. Kindly Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> To: <PAFRANKL@rootsweb.com>; <PAMIFFLI@rootsweb.com>; <PAHUNTIN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:06 AM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Fw: A Flood cousin returns home > Good Mornin' Fellow Listers: > > I just received this from Teresa Delikat and am forwarding it on to the > lists. > > Donna Heller Zinn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Teresa Delikat" <flott_genealogy@yahoo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:08 PM > Subject: A Flood cousin returns home > > >> Veteran's remains make it back home >> http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=8937 >> >> By Frank Jost, Sentinel reporter, >> fjost@lewistownsentinel.com >> >> LEWISTOWN - The remains of a bomber crewman who's >> aircraft was shot down during World War II were >> recently identified and brought home to his next of >> kin in the Juniata Valley. >> >> Staff Sgt. Robert J. Flood, 22, was a member of the >> U.S. Army Air Force 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd >> Bomber Group, which operated from Norfolk, England >> during the war, according to information posted on the >> bomber group's historical Web site, >> www.492ndbombgroup.com. >> >> During one of the group's numerous bombing missions in >> the European Theater, Flood's B-24 Liberator received >> heavy enemy fire and crashed in an area southwest of >> Berlin, killing the entire crew, according to the Web >> site. >> >> Initial reports filed after the mission erroneously >> claimed the plane was lost over the Baltic Sea, and >> the names of the crewmen, including Flood, were listed >> on the Wall of the Missing, in Henri-Chapelle, >> Belgium, the Web site indicates. >> >> The wreckage and remains of the crew were not found >> until nearly 60 years later, during an archeological >> dig in Germany. Flood, who was born in Neelyton, >> Huntingdon County, is survived by a brother, Richard, >> who resides in Mifflintown, according to an obituary >> submitted by the Agett Geisel Funeral Home, of Dry >> Run. >> >> Flood's identity was confirmed by Army officials, who >> subsequently coordinated the return of his remains to >> the United States, said Carol Clark-Bainey, unit >> administrator for the U.S. Army Reserve Center in >> Lewistown. >> >> Clark-Bainey said soldiers from her unit, Detachment 3 >> of the 318th Maintenance Company, will act as the >> honor guard during funeral services for Flood, which >> are scheduled for Saturday. >> Section: News Posted: 10/3/2007 >> >> Obituary: >> Robert J. Flood >> >> DRY RUN - Staff Sgt. Robert J. Flood, 22, of Neelyton, >> a member of the U.S. Army Air Force 856th Bomber >> Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, killed in action and >> missing since World War II, is returning to Franklin >> County for burial with full military honors. >> >> Born May 14, 1922, in Neelyton, he was a son of the >> late Jesse Robert and Idona Jessie Piper Flood. He was >> a 1941 graduate of the former Orbisonia High School, >> and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot prior to >> entering the military. On Aug. 29, 1945, he was >> posthumously awarded the Purple Heart with a >> Presidential Accolade. >> >> He is survived by one brother, Richard L. Flood, of >> Mifflintown, and a number of nieces, nephews, grand >> nieces and grand nephews. In addition to his parents, >> he was preceded in death by two sisters; Ruth Shaw and >> Margaret Tice. >> >> Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, >> Oct. 6, 2007, in the Agett Geisel Funeral Home, 18875 >> Main St., Dry Run. Interment, with full military >> honors, will follow in Upper Path Valley Cemetery. The >> family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday >> in the funeral home. >> >> Condolences may be expressed at >> www.geiselfuneralhome.com >> Section: Obituaries Posted: 10/3/2007 > > > For information about subscribing, unsubscribing, and to search or browse > the PAHUNTIN mailing list archived messages, visit > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/PA/huntingdon.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAHUNTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >