American Sailor Killed Days after D-Day Finally Accounted For
Twenty-five-year-old US Navy Carpenter’s Mate Second Class William R.
25 岁的美国海军木匠二等兵 William R.
Burns of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been accounted for more than 80 years after his death.
北卡罗来纳州罗利市的伯恩斯去世 80 多年后才被查明。
Top Photo: US Navy destroyer USS Glennon (DD-620), right, after the stern was blown off by a mine off Normandy, France, on June 8, 1944.
上图：1944 年 6 月 8 日，美国海军驱逐舰格伦农号 (DD-620)，右图，船尾被法国诺曼底附近的水雷炸毁。
Official US Navy Photo NH 44311
美国海军官方照片 NH 44311
Researchers have identified the remains of an American sailor who died after German artillery struck his destroyer near Utah Beach in the days following the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II.
研究人员发现了一名美国水手的遗骸，该水手在第二次世界大战诺曼底登陆后的几天内，在犹他海滩附近的德国炮兵击中了他的驱逐舰后死亡。
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that 25-year-old US Navy Carpenter’s Mate Second Class William R.
美国国防部战俘/战俘会计局 (DPAA) 宣布，25 岁的美国海军卡彭特二等兵威廉·R·
Burns of Raleigh, North Carolina, was accounted for more than 80 years after his death.
北卡罗来纳州罗利市的伯恩斯去世 80 多年后才被查明。
Burns was aboard the USS Glennon as the destroyer supported the D-Day landing operations off Utah Beach, protecting the bombardment group from German submarines and firing on enemy machine gun nests and shore batteries.
伯恩斯在格伦农号驱逐舰上支援犹他海滩附近的诺曼底登陆行动，保护轰炸小组免受德国潜艇的袭击，并向敌方机枪阵地和岸上炮台开火。
On June 8, 1944, Glennon struck an acoustic mine, causing a “tremendous explosion” that tossed several crew members into the air before they landed overboard.
1944 年 6 月 8 日，格伦农号击中了一枚声波水雷，引发了“巨大爆炸”，几名船员被抛到空中，然后落入海中。
Sixteen crew members were rescued from the water, including one sailor who had broken legs and possible internal injuries after being thrown 40 feet into the air.
16 名船员被从水中救出，其中一名水手在被抛到 40 英尺高的空中后摔断了腿，并可能受到内伤。
An immediate damage assessment showed the ship was not in danger of sinking, but its stern had become anchored to the shallow bottom by its starboard propeller.
立即进行的损害评估显示，该船没有沉没的危险，但其船尾已通过右舷螺旋桨锚定在浅水底部。
Ultimately, Glennon’s Lieutenant Commander Clifford A.
最终，格伦农的中尉克利福德 A.
Johnson ordered the wounded men and half of the crew to transfer off the ship, then instructed those who stayed aboard—including Burns—to continue salvage efforts.
约翰逊命令受伤人员和一半船员下船，然后指示留在船上的人（包括伯恩斯）继续进行救援工作。
On June 10, just as Johnson was about to resume efforts to save the ship, a German artillery battery near Quinéville began firing on the ship.
6 月 10 日，正当约翰逊准备继续努力拯救这艘船时，奎内维尔附近的一个德国炮兵连开始向这艘船开火。
Johnson then gave the order to abandon the ship after separate salvos struck the destroyer amidships and injured more men.
在多次齐射击中驱逐舰中部并造成更多人员受伤后，约翰逊随后下令弃船。
Glennon continued to float until around 9:45 p.m., when it began listing heavily and sank.
格伦农 (Glennon) 继续漂浮，直到晚上 9 点 45 分左右，才开始大幅上市并下沉。
After the attack, 38 sailors were wounded and 25 were missing, including Burns.
袭击发生后，38名水手受伤，25人失踪，其中包括伯恩斯。
His remains were not accounted for, and he was deemed nonrecoverable on April 14, 1949.
他的遗体下落不明，1949 年 4 月 14 日他被认为无法康复。
In 1957, pieces of the Glennon were hauled ashore by salvagers, and a resident searching through larger sections of the wreckage found human remains within the forward portion of the ship.
1957 年，打捞者将格伦农号的碎片拖上岸，一名居民在搜寻残骸的较大部分时，在船的前部发现了人类遗骸。
The remains were turned over to American officials, and processing determined that the remains belonged to at least two individuals.
遗骸被移交给美国官员，经过处理确定遗骸属于至少两个人。
After efforts to identify them were unsuccessful, the remains were interred on March 4, 1959, at Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium.
在未能成功辨认其身份后，遗骸于 1959 年 3 月 4 日被安葬在比利时诺普雷的阿登美军公墓。
In 2021, DPAA researchers began an effort to account for the unresolved sailors from Glennon .
2021 年，DPAA 研究人员开始努力寻找格伦农未解之谜水手的下落。
In August 2022, the two sets of unknown remains were exhumed.
2022年8月，两具不明遗骸被挖掘出来。
Scientists from DPAA conducted anthropological analysis and used circumstantial evidence to identify one set of the remains as Burns.
DPAA 的科学家进行了人类学分析，并利用间接证据确认了一组遗骸就是伯恩斯。
In addition, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used DNA analysis, including nuclear single nucleotide polymorphism testing, for identification of Burns’s remains.
此外，武装部队法医系统的科学家利用DNA分析，包括核单核苷酸多态性测试，来鉴定伯恩斯的遗体。
Burns’s name is recorded at the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery.
伯恩斯的名字记录在美国战争纪念碑委员会位于阿登美军公墓的失踪人员碑上。
A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate that he has been accounted for.
他的名字旁边将放置一个玫瑰花结，以表明他已被找到。
Burns will be buried in Chadbourn, North Carolina.
伯恩斯将被埋葬在北卡罗来纳州查德伯恩。
The date for that ceremony has not yet been announced.
该仪式的日期尚未公布。
Kevin Dupuy is a National Edward R.
凯文·杜普伊 (Kevin Dupuy) 是爱德华·R·国民 (National Edward R.
Murrow Award-winning producer and Director of Digital Content at The National WWII Museum.
默罗奖获奖制作人兼国家二战博物馆数字内容总监。
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League served as inspiration for young women across the country and opened the door further for women’s professional sports.
全美女子职业棒球联盟为全国年轻女性提供了灵感，并进一步为女子职业运动打开了大门。
Joseph R.
约瑟夫·R。
Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war.
拜尔的经历体现了空降兵所需要的主动性、战俘所遭受的残酷以及战争最后几个月美国和苏联士兵之间不太可能的战场合作。
In the letter, Major Richard “Dick” Winters responded to Stephen Ambrose's request for his thoughts on the strain of command, the problems he faced during the war, and the living conditions his soldiers endured.
在信中，理查德·“迪克”·温特斯少校回应了斯蒂芬·安布罗斯关于他对指挥压力、他在战争期间面临的问题以及他的士兵所忍受的生活条件的看法的请求。
What emerged was also a concise explanation of Winters’s leadership philosophy.
随之而来的是对温特斯领导哲学的简洁解释。
At The National WWII Museum, remembering the anniversary of September 11 means remembering all those who perished that day and recognizing the many different stories they carried with them.
在国家二战博物馆，纪念 9 月 11 日的周年纪念意味着纪念那天所有遇难的人，并认识到他们所承载的许多不同的故事。
During World War II, ship names often referenced earlier eras of American history.
第二次世界大战期间，舰艇名称经常引用美国历史的早期时期。
Today, the US Navy continues its efforts to memorialize the country’s origins by upholding naming traditions that hark back more than 160 years.
如今，美国海军继续努力维护 160 多年前的命名传统，以纪念国家的起源。
Initially, hell ships moved Allied POWs to areas where their labor was needed, such as the Japanese main islands and other recently conquered regions, but later, they also moved prisoners to prevent them from being liberated by advancing Allied forces.
最初，地狱船将盟军战俘转移到需要他们劳动力的地区，例如日本主岛和其他最近征服的地区，但后来，它们也转移囚犯，以防止他们被前进的盟军解放。
With bad weather and the limitations of meteorological technology at the time, General Dwight D.
由于恶劣的天气和当时气象技术的限制，德怀特·D.
Eisenhower had to determine when to launch the cross-channel invasion and begin Operation Overlord.
艾森豪威尔必须确定何时发动跨海峡入侵并开始霸王行动。
Pressure tells the story of the Allied weather forecast leading to the invasion of Normandy.
《压力》讲述了盟军天气预报导致诺曼底入侵的故事。
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