The Graves Registration Service in World War II
An overlooked story of World War II and its consequences, the Graves Registration Service (GRS) worked tirelessly during the war to collect and identify the dead, providing proper burial.
格雷夫斯登记服务处 (GRS) 是二战及其后果中被忽视的一个故事，战争期间，格雷夫斯登记处 (GRS) 不知疲倦地工作，收集和辨认死者身份，并提供适当的埋葬。
After the war, the GRS conducted the world’s largest search and recovery effort, leading to the identification of 280,000 fallen Americans, who were provided with a final burial in the United States or abroad based upon the surviving family’s wishes.
战后，GRS 进行了世界上最大规模的搜寻和打捞工作，最终确认了 28 万阵亡美国人的身份，并根据幸存家庭的意愿在美国或国外为他们提供了最后的埋葬。
Top Photo: The Body of Ernie Pyle Laid To Rest.
上图：厄尼·派尔的尸体安息。
July 19, 1949.
1949 年 7 月 19 日。
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On October 26, 1947, the first war dead from the European theater returned to the United States.
1947年10月26日，第一批欧洲战场阵亡者返回美国。
Around 6,000 caskets arrived in New York City in the hold of the transport ship Joseph V.
大约 6,000 个棺材由约瑟夫五世号运输船抵达纽约市。
Connolly , and 400,000 Americans turned out in silent tribute to the dead, packing the streets and attending a memorial service in Central Park.
康诺利和 40 万美国人走上街头，参加中央公园的追悼会，向死者默哀。
According to an article in The New York Times about the tribute, “One coffin, borne from the ship to a caisson, moved through the city’s streets to muffled drum beats and slow-cadenced marches.” 1
据《纽约时报》一篇有关悼念活动的文章称，“一口棺材从船上被抬到沉箱中，伴着低沉的鼓声和缓慢的进行曲穿过城市的街道。” 1
The article reported on the march of the coffin to Central Park: “At 12:45 P.M.
文章报道了棺材被送往中央公园的情况：“中午 12 点 45 分，
the coffin borne from the Connolly was set on a caisson.
从康诺利号运来的棺材被放置在沉箱上。
Women who saw this wept openly and men turned away.
看到这一幕的女人们当场哭泣，而男人则转身走开。
Somewhere a bugle note sounded, to move, a procession of more than 6,000—service men, veterans, city groups.
不知什么地方响起了号角声，一支由 6000 多人组成的游行队伍开始移动——军人、退伍军人、城市团体。
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The curbs were crowded, but here, as at sea, the silence was awesome.
路边很拥挤，但这里就像在海上一样，寂静得令人敬畏。
Nobody spoke, not even the children.
没有人说话，连孩子们也没有。
Eyes were moist and lips moved in prayer as the flag-draped coffin passed, the caisson drawn by a dark armored car with two sergeants, arms folded, high in the turret.”
当覆盖着旗帜的棺材经过时，眼睛湿润，嘴唇动动，祈祷着，沉箱由一辆黑色装甲车拉着，两名中士双手抱胸，高高地放在炮塔上。”
Caskets of American War Dead Are Shown as They Are Loaded Into Hold #1 of the USAT Joseph V.
美国阵亡将士的棺材被装载到 USAT Joseph V. 号的 1 号货舱中。
Connolly, at Pier #4, Antwerp, Belgium.
康诺利，位于比利时安特卫普 4 号码头。
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As the procession marched through the city up Fifth Avenue, “The crowds at the curb were moved.
当游行队伍沿着第五大道穿过城市时，“路边的人群被感动了。
Some let the tears run freely.
有些人任由泪水肆意流淌。
Some wiped them away.” During the service in Central Park, one woman suddenly shouted, “Johnny…
有些人把它们擦掉了。”在中央公园举行的仪式上，一名妇女突然大喊：“约翰尼……
There’s my boy, there’s my boy.” At the end of the ceremony, the woman again cried out, “Where is my boy?” 2
这是我的孩子，这是我的孩子。”仪式结束时，女人再次喊道：“我的孩子在哪里？” 2
World War II had passed into history, but for some families, the end of the war did not bring closure.
第二次世界大战已经成为历史，但对于一些家庭来说，战争的结束并没有带来结束。
Years after, the pain of families remained very real, a pain that began during the war upon receiving a Western Union telegram telling of their loved one’s ultimate sacrifice.
多年后，家庭的痛苦仍然非常真实，这种痛苦始于战争期间收到一封西联电报，讲述了他们所爱的人的最终牺牲。
Western Union telegram sent from Adjutant General Ulio to Mrs. Rose Sudecz Sabados, Fairfield, Connecticut.
乌里奥副官向康涅狄格州费尔菲尔德市的罗斯·苏戴茨·萨巴多斯夫人发送西联电报。
Telegram informs her of her brother's death in Italy on July 12, 1944.
Telegram 通知她，她的兄弟于 1944 年 7 月 12 日在意大利去世。
From the collection of The National WWII Museum 2010.188.003
国家二战博物馆藏品2010.188.003
With the arrival of the war dead starting in 1947, many families who lost their loved ones were finally able to bury them after years of grief and waiting, hopefully gaining some sense of closure and resolution.
1947 年，随着战争死难者的到来，许多失去亲人的家庭在经历了多年的悲伤和等待后终于能够埋葬他们，希望获得一些结束和解决的感觉。
After World War II ended, the yearslong official US governmental process of interring the war dead in their final resting place began.
第二次世界大战结束后，美国政府开始了长达数年的将战争死难者安葬在最后安息之地的官方程序。
Known as the “Return of the Dead Program,” the program established the options for the next of kin of the deceased.
该计划被称为“死者归来计划”，为死者的近亲建立了选择权。
Families could choose between four options for the final burial of their loved ones: returning the remains to the United States for interment in a private cemetery; returning the remains to a foreign country (the homeland of the deceased or the next of kin) for interment in a private cemetery; interring the remains in a national cemetery in the United States; or interring the remains in a permanent US military cemetery overseas.
家人可以选择四种方式来安葬亲人：将遗体运回美国，安葬在私人墓地；将遗体运回外国（死者或其近亲的祖国），安葬在私人墓地；将遗体埋葬在美国国家公墓；或者将遗体安葬在海外的美军永久公墓。
The US government sent the pamphlet “Tell Me About My Boy” to families of the deceased to explain the process of establishing the next of kin and options for final burial.
美国政府向死者家属发送了《告诉我关于我的男孩》的小册子，解释确定近亲的过程和最后埋葬的选择。
As the pamphlet noted, “Tell me about my boy” was the most frequent request sent to the US Army Quartermaster General for information about the return and final burial of the WWII dead.
正如小册子所指出的，“告诉我关于我的孩子的事”是向美国陆军军需将军发送的最常见的请求，以获取有关二战阵亡者的归还和最后埋葬的信息。
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Pamphlet titled "Tell Me About My Boy".
小册子的标题是“告诉我关于我的男孩”。
1 December 1946.
1946 年 12 月 1 日。
From the collection at The National World War II Museum 2004.207.088
国家二战博物馆藏品2004.207.088
The postwar program was “the largest of its nature ever undertaken by any nation at any time,” leading to the recovery of over 280,000 remains that had been scattered around the world due to the war.
这项战后计划是“任何国家、任何时候所开展的规模最大的计划”，共回收了因战争而散落在世界各地的 280,000 多具遗骸。
The program led to the repatriation of around 172,000 sets of remains back to the United States, a scale unprecedented in history.
该计划导致约 172,000 具遗骸被送回美国，规模史无前例。
The effort cost around $163.8 million and involved 13,000 military and civilian workers.
这项工作耗资约 1.638 亿美元，涉及 13,000 名军事和文职人员。
4 The repatriation program was uniquely an American phenomenon, with efforts undertaken for the return of American war dead overseas dating back to the Spanish–American War of 1898.
4 遣返计划是美国特有的现象，为遣返海外美国战死者所做的努力可以追溯到 1898 年美西战争期间。
After World War I, remains were also repatriated or buried in permanent American cemeteries abroad based on the wishes of the next of kin.
第一次世界大战后，根据近亲的意愿，遗体也被遣返或埋葬在国外的美国永久公墓中。
5 The WWII program “stands out as a unique example of America’s respect and appreciation for those who died to preserve the free way of life.” 6
5 二战计划“是美国尊重和赞赏那些为维护自由生活方式而牺牲的人们的独特范例。” 6
Lieutenant Colonel Carroll Grinnell and a United States Army officer standing beside a war widow and her daughter; the casket containing the husband's remains are behind them.
卡罗尔·格林内尔中校和一名美国陆军军官站在一位战争寡妇和她的女儿旁边；装有丈夫遗体的棺材在他们身后。
Schenectady, New York, 1949.
斯克内克塔迪，纽约，1949 年。
From the collection of The National WWII Museum 2013.538.032
国家二战博物馆藏品2013.538.032
The process of repatriating the bodies of the war dead and burying them in their final resting place was a monumental undertaking.
遣返战争死难者遗体并将其埋葬在他们最后的安息之地的过程是一项艰巨的任务。
American war dead were scattered around the globe: many were buried in temporary cemeteries, while others still lay where they had fallen, on land or underwater.
美国战死者分散在全球各地：许多人被埋在临时墓地中，而其他人则仍然躺在他们倒下的地方，无论是陆地上还是水下。
After the war, the US government launched a global effort to disinter temporary military cemeteries, find aircraft crash sites, and look for isolated graves near former battlefields.
战后，美国政府在全球范围内发起了挖掘临时军事公墓、寻找飞机坠毁地点以及在前战场附近寻找孤立坟墓的努力。
This task was undertaken by the American Graves Registration Service (GRS), a branch of the Army Quartermaster Corps.
这项任务是由陆军军需军团的一个分支机构——美国坟墓登记服务处（GRS）承担的。
During the war, GRS worked to collect, identify, and bury the dead in temporary graves.
战争期间，GRS 致力于收集、识别死者身份并将其埋葬在临时坟墓中。
In the postwar era, its mission was to conduct the final disposition of the WWII war dead in accordance with the wishes of the next of kin.
战后时代，其使命是按照近亲的意愿对二战阵亡者进行最后处置。
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Even in the midst of heavy fighting during World War II, Graves Registration Service units performed the grim tasks of collecting, processing, and burying those killed, working under challenging conditions while maintaining the utmost respect and care for the fallen.
即使在第二次世界大战期间的激烈战斗中，格雷夫斯登记服务单位仍执行着收集、处理和埋葬遇难者的严峻任务，在充满挑战的条件下工作，同时对阵亡者保持最大的尊重和照顾。
GRS companies would follow combat units, sweeping areas near the front lines for fallen personnel and collecting bodies, sometimes even coming under threat from enemy fire or booby traps laid by enemy soldiers near the bodies.
GRS连将跟随作战部队，清扫前线附近地区阵亡人员并收集尸体，有时甚至受到敌方火力或敌方士兵在尸体附近放置的诱杀装置的威胁。
For example, during the heaviest fighting at Anzio in the Italian Campaign in January 1944, Ernie Pyle reported about Quartermaster support personnel coming under fire the same as the infantrymen they were supporting, including GRS personnel who were taking refuge in freshly dug graves.
例如，1944 年 1 月意大利战役中安齐奥最激烈的战斗期间，厄尼·派尔 (Ernie Pyle) 报告称，军需官支援人员与他们支援的步兵一样受到攻击，其中包括在新挖的坟墓中避难的 GRS 人员。
He wrote: “Up here on the beachhead, they are blowing that tradition all to hell.
他写道：“在滩头阵地，他们正在把这一传统彻底摧毁。
The Quartermaster Corps has been under fire ever since the beachhead was established and still is.” 8
自从滩头阵地建立以来，军需军团就一直受到炮火袭击，现在仍然如此。” 8
During the invasion of Normandy starting in June 1944, GRS personnel also landed ashore and worked to gather bodies from the beaches and the water, and even had to cut bodies from wrecked landing craft that had been submerged near the shoreline.
在 1944 年 6 月开始的诺曼底入侵期间，GRS 人员也登陆岸上，努力从海滩和水中收集尸体，甚至不得不从淹没在海岸线附近的失事登陆艇上切割尸体。
9 Sergeant Elbert E.
9 埃尔伯特·E 中士
Legg, squad leader of the 603rd Quartermaster Corps GRS Company, volunteered to land with a glider unit of the 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day.
莱格是第 603 军需军 GRS 连的班长，自愿在诺曼底登陆日随第 82 空降师的滑翔机部队降落。
Amid the fighting, he selected a field to use as a temporary cemetery and began preparations for proper procedures for temporary burial and record keeping, establishing a temporary cemetery at Blosville, Normandy.
在战斗中，他选择了一块场地作为临时墓地，并开始准备适当的临时埋葬和记录程序，在诺曼底的布洛斯维尔建立了临时墓地。
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A temporary cemetery in Italy: US Military Cemetery No. 3 at Caronia, Sicily, 1944.
意大利临时公墓：位于西西里岛卡罗尼亚的美国第三号军人公墓，1944 年。
From the collection of The National WWII Museum 2013.495.1098
国家二战博物馆藏品2013.495.1098
GRS companies were instrumental in the US war effort.
GRS 公司在美国战争中发挥了重要作用。
They played an essential role in maintaining troop morale by clearing the battlefields of scattered dead as quickly as possible, handling the remains of their fellow Americans with respect and dignity.
他们尽快清除战场上零散的死者，以尊重和尊严的方式处理美国同胞的遗体，在维持部队士气方面发挥了重要作用。
GRS companies selected sites for temporary cemeteries and collected, processed, identified, and buried the dead.
GRS公司选择临时墓地并收集、处理、识别和埋葬死者。
In addition, they collected and documented the personal effects of the deceased, which were processed and returned to families via the Quartermaster Depot in Kansas City, Missouri.
此外，他们还收集并记录了死者的个人物品，这些物品经过处理后通过密苏里州堪萨斯城的军需仓库返还给家人。
After gathering bodies near the front lines, GRS companies transported the remains to collection points located in isolated areas in the rear areas, where personnel made their best possible efforts with the help of scientific equipment and medical technology to positively identify remains.
在前线附近收集遗体后，GRS连队将遗体运至位于后方偏远地区的遗体收集点，工作人员借助科学设备和医疗技术尽最大努力对遗体进行积极辨认。
During processing, GRS personnel filled out various forms, including the Graves Registration Form No. 1 (Report of Interment) containing data about the deceased and the burial; made fingerprints; filled out tooth charts; and noted other characteristics about the body.
在处理过程中，GRS人员填写了各种表格，包括包含死者和埋葬信息的1号坟墓登记表（安葬报告）；留下指纹；填写牙齿图表；并注意到有关身体的其他特征。
During burial, one dog tag was attached to the remains, while the duplicate was attached to the grave marker.
在埋葬过程中，遗体上贴有一个狗牌，而墓碑上则贴有复制品。
GRS personnel established temporary cemeteries with care, ensuring proper marking and recording of graves.
GRS 人员精心建立临时墓地，确保对坟墓进行正确标记和记录。
Whenever possible during burials, a chaplain conducted religious services.
在埋葬期间，只要有可能，牧师就会主持宗教仪式。
GRS also attempted to keep isolated graves outside of cemeteries to a minimum.
GRS 还试图将墓地之外的孤立坟墓数量控制在最低限度。
If GRS personnel could not identify a body after using all available means of identification, they conducted proper methods and procedures of burial for the unknowns, recording as much information as possible.
如果GRS人员在使用所有可用的识别手段后仍无法识别尸体，他们就会对未知者进行适当的埋葬方法和程序，并记录尽可能多的信息。
Sometimes when the circumstances of war made it necessary, GRS also handled civilian, Allied, and enemy dead.
有时，当战争情况有必要时，GRS 也会处理平民、盟军和敌人的死亡。
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Often, Quartermaster Service units such as labor battalions provided the labor for grave digging.
通常，军需服务单位（例如劳工营）提供挖掘坟墓的劳动力。
Some of these units were segregated by race.
其中一些单位是按种族隔离的。
12 During the liberation of the Netherlands in late 1944, Jefferson Wiggins (then 19 years old) served as a First Sergeant in the segregated 960th Quartermaster Service Company of the US Army.
12 1944 年末荷兰解放期间，杰斐逊·威金斯（当时 19 岁）在实行种族隔离的美国陆军第 960 军需连中担任中士。
Wiggins was assigned along with his unit to dig thousands of graves in Margraten, Netherlands, in a cemetery which later became the Netherlands American Cemetery.
威金斯和他的部队被指派在荷兰马格拉滕的一个墓地中挖掘数千个坟墓，该墓地后来成为荷兰美军公墓。
About his experience as a grave digger, Wiggins stated, “When you lowered someone into his grave, you were the last human being that the dead person had contact with.” 13
关于他作为掘墓人的经历，威金斯说：“当你将某人放入坟墓时，你是死者接触过的最后一个人。” 13
In addition, GRS companies depended on the labor of hired local civilians; sometimes even enemy prisoners of war served as grave diggers (but did not handle remains).
此外，GRS公司依赖雇佣当地平民的劳动力；有时甚至敌方战俘也充当掘墓人（但不处理遗体）。
The process of providing temporary burial continued until the end of the war, when authorities could plan for permanent burials.
提供临时埋葬的过程一直持续到战争结束，届时当局可以计划永久埋葬。
By the end of the war, GRS had established several hundred temporary burial grounds.
到战争结束时，GRS 已经建立了数百个临时墓地。
In 1947 during the “Return of the Dead” program, 14 sites were selected to become permanent American cemeteries abroad managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
1947 年，在“死者归来”计划中，14 个地点被选为美国海外永久墓地，由美国战争纪念碑委员会 (ABMC) 管理。
After the GRS transferred the remains from temporary cemeteries to their final resting sites, the temporary cemeteries that were not selected to be permanent cemeteries were closed.
GRS将遗体从临时墓地转移至最终安息地后，未选定为永久墓地的临时墓地被关闭。
The remains on the first shipment of war dead from the European theater to the United States aboard the Joseph V.
约瑟夫五世号是第一批从欧洲战区运往美国的战死者遗骸。
Connolly had been disinterred from their temporary resting places at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium (which became a permanent cemetery of the ABMC), and were repatriated back to the United States based on the wishes of the next of kin.
康诺利已从比利时亨利-查贝尔公墓（后来成为 ABMC 的永久公墓）的临时安息地被挖出来，并根据近亲的意愿被遣返回美国。
Years after the war, those who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II began to arrive back home to the United States.
战后多年，那些在二战中做出最终牺牲的人们开始返回美国。
Remains were transported across the world to their final resting place in a shipping case containing the casket.
遗骸被装在装有棺材的运输箱中运往世界各地，到达最终安息地。
After years of waiting, many families finally received an answer to the question “Where is my boy?” (or, for some families of female servicemembers, “Where is my girl?”).
经过多年的等待，许多家庭终于得到了“我的孩子在哪里？”这个问题的答案。 （或者，对于一些女军人的家庭来说，“我的女儿在哪里？”）。
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The majority (over 60 percent) of families who lost a loved one in World War II chose repatriation of the remains of their deceased loved ones to the United States.
大多数（超过 60%）在二战中失去亲人的家庭选择将已故亲人的遗体运回美国。
Nearly 172,000 sets of remains were returned to the United States until the “Return of the Dead” program’s conclusion in 1951.
直到 1951 年“死者归来”计划结束为止，近 172,000 具遗骸被送回美国。
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Casket Inspection – American Graves Registration Service, Chicago, Illinois, 1947.
棺材检查——美国坟墓登记服务处，伊利诺伊州芝加哥，1947 年。
From the collection of The National WWII Museum 2013.538.030
国家二战博物馆藏品2013.538.030
Before the process of repatriation could happen, GRS conducted a massive, global search and recovery effort, which began six months after the war ended.
在遣返过程开始之前，GRS 在战争结束六个月后开始进行大规模的全球搜索和恢复工作。
The major challenge for this search effort was the immense scope in terms of numbers of losses and the vastness of the territory.
此次搜寻工作面临的主要挑战是损失数量之大和地域之广。
In the Pacific, GRS personnel dealt with remote islands and challenging climates.
在太平洋地区，GRS 人员应对偏远岛屿和恶劣的气候。
In Europe, the geopolitical situation impacted the search, especially the rising tensions with the Soviet Union, which led to challenges in accessing parts of Germany to search for American remains that were now located in the Soviet occupation zone.
在欧洲，地缘政治局势影响了搜寻工作，特别是与苏联的紧张关系不断升级，导致进入德国部分地区搜寻目前位于苏联占领区的美国人遗骸面临挑战。
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This effort to locate, identify, and provide permanent burial abroad or via repatriation resulted in the positive identification of nearly 97 percent of all the recovered war dead.
这项在国外或通过遣返寻找、识别和提供永久埋葬的努力使所有已打捞的战死者中近 97% 的身份得到了确认。
17 The work of identification depended on professional anthropologists at Central Identification Labs (CIL), including the groundbreaking Dr. Mildred Trotter, who served as the lead anthropologist at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii from 1948 to 1949.
17 鉴定工作依赖于中央鉴定实验室 (CIL) 的专业人类学家，其中包括具有开创性的米尔德里德·特罗特 (Mildred Trotter) 博士，他于 1948 年至 1949 年间担任夏威夷斯科菲尔德军营的首席人类学家。
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The first shipment of war dead to reach the United States arrived from the Pacific aboard the USAT Honda Knot , which arrived in San Francisco on October 10, 1947, a few weeks before the Joseph V.
第一批抵达美国的战争死难者搭乘 USAT Honda Knot 号从太平洋抵达，该船于 1947 年 10 月 10 日抵达旧金山，比约瑟夫五世号号早几周抵达旧金山。
Connolly ’s arrival in New York.
康诺利抵达纽约。
The arrival of the around 3,000 remains from the Pacific theater was met with crowds of solemn Americans attending ceremonies in San Francisco honoring the fallen.
太平洋战区大约 3,000 具遗体运抵旧金山，一群庄严的美国人迎接了他们，他们正在旧金山参加悼念遇难者的仪式。
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U.S. Army Transport "Honda Knot" Passes Under the Golden Gate Bridge as She Carries the First of the WWII Dead Home from the Pacific Area.
美国陆军运输机“本田结”从太平洋地区运送第一名二战死者回家，从金门大桥下经过。
National Archives.
国家档案馆。
Upon the arrival of repatriated remains in the United States, they were organized by final destination and shipped in special rail cars to 15 Quartermaster distribution centers scattered across the country.
遣返的遗体抵达美国后，按照最终目的地进行组织，并用特殊的火车车厢运送到分布在全国各地的 15 个军需配送中心。
After arrival at the distribution center, each set of remains then made the journey to its final resting place, accompanied by a military escort from the same service branch as the deceased.
抵达分发中心后，每组遗体随后在与死者同一军种的军事护卫的陪同下前往最终安息地。
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Each fallen American in World War II took his or her own journey from the moment of death during the world’s largest war to burial in the final resting place.
每个在二战中阵亡的美国人都经历了自己的旅程，从世界上最大的战争中死亡的那一刻到被埋葬在最后的安息之地。
This path is documented in the pages of the deceased’s Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF), which can include documents such as Graves Registration forms such as Form Number 1 (Report of Interment); disinterment directives, which were filled out as the body was moved between temporary cemeteries and to its final resting site; identification forms such as dental charts; forms regarding the personal effects of the deceased; telegrams regarding the shipment of remains; and heartrending correspondence from family members such as parents or wives inquiring about the death of their loved ones.
此路径记录在死者个人死者个人档案 (IDPF) 的页面中，其中可能包括坟墓登记表等文件，如表 1（安葬报告）；遗体在临时墓地之间转移至最终安息地时填写的发掘指令；身份证明表格，例如牙科图表；有关死者个人物品的表格；有关运送遗骸的电报；父母或妻子等家庭成员询问亲人去世的令人心碎的信件。
Crowd at a Ceremony for WWII Dead Recently Returned from the Pacific Area at Marina Green, San Francisco, California.
加利福尼亚州旧金山玛丽娜·格林举行的最近从太平洋地区归来的二战阵亡者仪式上的人群。
National Archives
国家档案馆
Within each IDPF is a story of deep private, personal loss, a tale of the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.
每个 IDPF 背后都有一个关于深刻的个人损失的故事，一个关于二战中最终牺牲的故事。
Each record also tells a story of the immensity of the efforts of the final disposition of the WWII dead.
每张唱片都讲述了为最终处置二战死难者所做的巨大努力的故事。
US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Lloyd C.
美国海军陆战队炮兵中士 Lloyd C.
Blackney of Frankfort, Kansas, was killed in action on February 22, 1944, at Parry Island during the Battle of Eniwetok in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign in the Pacific theater.
1944 年 2 月 22 日，堪萨斯州法兰克福的布莱克尼在太平洋战区吉尔伯特和马绍尔群岛战役中的埃尼威托克战役中在帕里岛阵亡。
Blackney’s IDPF includes records regarding his initial burial after the battle in the temporary American Army Cemetery at Japtan Island on Eniwetok Atoll, the next temporary cemetery site, the Schofield Barracks Mausoleum in Oahu, Hawaii, and the ultimate repatriation of his body back to his family, where he was buried in Frankfort Cemetery in his hometown of Frankfort, Kansas.
布莱克尼的 IDPF 记录了他在战斗结束后最初埋葬在埃尼威托克环礁贾普坦岛的临时美国陆军公墓、下一个临时公墓地点、夏威夷瓦胡岛的斯科菲尔德兵营陵墓，以及他的遗体最终运回家人身边的记录，他被埋葬在家乡堪萨斯州法兰克福的法兰克福公墓。
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Blackney’s remains were among the first to arrive back in the United States on October 10, 1947, aboard the USAT Honda Knot .
1947 年 10 月 10 日，布莱克尼的遗骸搭乘 USAT 本田 Knot 号飞机返回美国。
After arrival in San Francisco, the remains were then transported by rail to Frankfort via the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, leaving Kansas City on November 13, 1947.
抵达旧金山后，遗骸随后通过堪萨斯城军需仓库通过铁路运至法兰克福，并于 1947 年 11 月 13 日离开堪萨斯城。
Master Sergeant James M.
军士长詹姆斯·M.
O’Sullivan served as the escort of his remains.
奥沙利文负责护送他的遗体。
Escorts such as O’Sullivan were expected to help and comfort grieving relatives and attend funerals if requested by the family.
奥沙利文等护送人员预计会帮助和安慰悲伤的亲属，并在家人要求的情况下参加葬礼。
One of their duties was also to remove the American flag from the casket and present it to the next of kin.
他们的职责之一也是从棺材上取下美国国旗并将其赠送给近亲。
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Members of the American Legion Leo McMinimy Post No. 181 conducted the burial service for Blackney, honoring the legacy of the fallen, stating in the service: “We come to honor the memory of one who offered his life in the service of his Country; who has now enrolled in the great spirit army whose footfalls cause no sound.
美国退伍军人协会成员利奥·麦克米尼邮报第 181 号为布莱克尼举行了葬礼，纪念阵亡者的遗志，并在葬礼中表示：“我们来纪念一位为国家服务而献出生命的人；他现在已加入了这支伟大的精神大军，他的脚步无声无息。
But in the memory of man, their souls go marching on, sustained by the pride of service, in time of national danger.
但在人们的记忆中，在国家危难之际，他们的灵魂在服务自豪感的支撑下继续前行。
Because of them our lives are free; because of them, our nation lives; because of them, the world is blessed.
因为有他们，我们的生活才自由；因为有他们，我们的民族才得以生存；因为他们，世界才蒙福。
May the ceremonies of today deepen our reverence for our dead.” 23
愿今天的仪式加深我们对死者的崇敬之情。” 23
After the funeral for Blackney, W.
布莱克尼的葬礼结束后，W.
M.
M。
Shaffer of the American Legion Post wrote to the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot on behalf of the Blackney family regarding O’Sullivan, the escort: “I think you should know how much help and comfort Sgt.
《美国军团邮报》的谢弗代表布莱克尼家族写信给堪萨斯城军需站，谈及护卫奥沙利文：“我想你应该知道，奥沙利文中士给了我多少帮助和安慰。”
James O’Sullivan was while here in Frankfort for the Blackney funeral.
詹姆斯·奥沙利文在法兰克福参加布莱克尼葬礼。
The Blackney family have personally expressed to me their appreciation of Sgt.
布莱克尼家族亲自向我表达了他们对中士的赞赏。
O’Sullivan.
奥沙利文。
They requested that he stay at their farm home while in Frankfort, and they reported that his presence, his attitude and his friendly manner were a great comfort to them.” In response, Lieutenant Colonel C.R.
他们要求他在法兰克福期间住在他们的农场家里，他们报告说，他的存在、他的态度和友好的态度对他们来说是一个很大的安慰。”作为回应，C.R. 中校
Yost, Chief of American Graves Registration Division at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, wrote: “We know Sergeant O’Sullivan will value your letter as a record of an occasion where he was proud to perform his duty not only as a representative of his Government, but also as a soldier honoring a fallen comrade.” 24
堪萨斯城军需站美国坟墓登记处处长约斯特写道：“我们知道奥沙利文中士会重视你的来信，因为你的来信记录了他自豪地履行自己的职责，不仅作为政府的代表，而且作为一名向阵亡战友致敬的士兵。” 24
On the first shipment of war dead from Europe aboard the Joseph V.
约瑟夫五世号上第一批从欧洲运来的战死者。
Connelly in late 1947 was another servicemember from Frankfort who gave his life during the war.
1947 年末，康纳利是另一位来自法兰克福的军人，他在战争中献出了生命。
Private Pete L.
二等兵皮特·L.
Fiegener served in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division of the US Army, and was killed in action in Germany on October 16, 1944.
菲格纳在美国陆军第 1 步兵师第 16 步兵团服役，1944 年 10 月 16 日在德国阵亡。
He had been temporarily buried at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium.
他被暂时埋葬在比利时亨利-夏贝尔公墓。
His remains were returned to his family via the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot on November 15, 1947, after arriving in New York on the Joseph V.
1947 年 11 月 15 日，他的遗体乘坐约瑟夫五世号抵达纽约后，通过堪萨斯城军需仓库归还给他的家人。
Connelly .
康纳利.
Fiegener was buried in his final resting place one day after Blackney.
布莱克尼去世后的一天，费根纳被埋葬在他最后的安息之地。
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Some families dealt with the loss of multiple family members: the Sullivans from Iowa lost five brothers at once during the Battle of Guadalcanal aboard the USS Juneau .
一些家庭面临着失去多名家庭成员的痛苦：来自爱荷华州的苏利文一家在瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役中在朱诺号航空母舰上同时失去了五名兄弟。
The Borgstrom family of Utah lost four brothers (including twins) within a six-month period in both the European and Pacific theaters as members of the US Army, US Marine Corps, and US Army Air Forces.
犹他州的博格斯特罗姆家族在六个月内失去了四位兄弟（包括双胞胎），他们分别是美国陆军、美国海军陆战队和美国陆军空军的成员，在欧洲和太平洋战场上丧生。
Their remains were returned to Utah, and a two-day tribute was held on June 25–26, 1948, attended by officials including General Mark Clark, Commanding General of the Sixth Army, and Clarence E.
他们的遗体被送回犹他州，并于 1948 年 6 月 25 日至 26 日举行了为期两天的悼念活动，出席的官员包括第六集团军司令马克·克拉克 (Mark Clark) 将军和克拉伦斯·E·肯尼迪 (Clarence E.
Smith, principal of the high school attended by the Borgstrom siblings.
史密斯是博格斯特罗姆兄弟就读的高中的校长。
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For some families whose loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II, there were no funerals to attend, no graves to visit.
对于一些亲人在二战中做出最终牺牲的家庭来说，没有葬礼可以参加，也没有坟墓可以参观。
For the family of those servicemembers who remained missing in action, whether due to their bodies never being recovered, or being one of the unidentifiable unknowns, the funerals and ceremonies of the return of the war dead did not provide some sense of closure.
对于那些在行动中失踪的军人的家人来说，无论是因为他们的尸体从未被找到，还是因为他们是无法辨认的无名者之一，战争死难者归来的葬礼和仪式并没有提供某种结束感。
However, efforts to find the missing of World War II continue to this day.
然而，寻找二战失踪人员的努力至今仍在继续。
Main office of the American Graves Registration Distribution Center No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, 10/13/1947.
美国格雷夫斯注册配送中心的主要办公室，地址：1947 年 10 月 13 日，伊利诺伊州芝加哥 8 号。
From the collection of The National WWII Museum 2013.538.021
国家二战博物馆藏品2013.538.021
After the end of the official World War II “Return of the Dead” program in 1951, the US Army Mortuary system continued the effort to recover and identify WWII missing, with recovery efforts often spurred by reports of remains discovered by local civilians.
1951 年官方的二战“死者归来”计划结束后，美国陆军太平间系统继续致力于打捞和识别二战失踪人员，当地平民发现遗骸的报告往往会刺激打捞工作。
Over the decades, accounting efforts have continued, with servicemembers finally returned to their families and buried with full military honors.
几十年来，会计工作一直在持续，军人最终回到家人身边，并以完全的军事荣誉下葬。
Today, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) continues the mission to “provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.” 27
如今，国防战俘/失踪人员会计机构 (DPAA) 继续履行“为失踪人员的家人和国家提供尽可能全面的信息”的使命。 27
Nearly 72,000 Americans remain missing from World War II.
二战期间仍有近 72,000 名美国人失踪。
DPAA continues to investigate WWII loss sites, and experts including historians, scientists, and anthropologists gather evidence, investigate any leads on missing Americans, and conduct archaeological excavations.
DPAA 继续调查二战损失地点，历史学家、科学家和人类学家等专家收集证据，调查失踪美国人的任何线索，并进行考古发掘。
28 Decades later, families continue to ask the question, “Where is my boy?” Through the efforts of the DPAA, some families finally do get an answer to that aching question, when over 80 years later, their loved one returns home.
28 几十年后，家人继续问这样的问题：“我的孩子在哪里？”通过 DPAA 的努力，一些家庭终于得到了这个痛苦问题的答案，80 多年后，他们的亲人回到了家。
Erica Lansberg is not an employee of DPAA, she supports DPAA through a partnership.
Erica Lansberg 不是 DPAA 的员工，她通过合作伙伴关系支持 DPAA。
The views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DPAA, DoD, or its Components.
所提出的观点仅代表作者的观点，并不一定代表 DPAA、DoD 或其组成部分的观点。
Meyer Berger, “400,000 in Silent Tribute as War Dead Come Home,” The New York Times , October 27, 1947; Edward Steere and Thayer M.
Meyer Berger，“400,000 人为战死者归来默哀”，《纽约时报》，1947 年 10 月 27 日；爱德华·斯蒂尔和塞耶·M.
Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead, 1945-51 (Historical Branch, Office of the Quartermaster General, 1957), 666.
博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，1945-51（军需将军办公室历史部门，1957 年），666。
In January 1948, while transporting empty coffins from New York to Antwerp, the Joseph V.
1948 年 1 月，约瑟夫五世 (Joseph V.
Connolly caught fire.
康诺利着火了。
All crew members were rescued but the ship sank in tow.
所有船员均获救，但船被拖沉。
See Frank S.
参见弗兰克·S.
Adams, “All 46 Saved at Sea as Fire Destroys Army Transport,” The New York Times , January 13, 1948.
Adams，“火灾摧毁了陆军运输机，46 人全部在海上获救”，《纽约时报》，1948 年 1 月 13 日。
“Tell Me About My Boy” (War Department, Quartermaster General, 1946).
“告诉我关于我的男孩”（战争部，军需将军，1946）。
See also Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 39-40.
另请参见 Steere 和 Boardman，《二战死者的最终处置》，39-40。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , v.
斯蒂尔和博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，诉。
Also, “America’s World War II Burial Program,” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 2020, https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/WWII-Burial-Program-America.pdf .
另外，“美国二战埋葬计划”，美国退伍军人事务部国家公墓管理局，2020 年，https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/wcag/history/WWII-Burial-Program-America.pdf。
See Michael Sledge, Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen (Columbia University Press, 2005); Steven E.
参见 Michael Sledge，《阵亡士兵：我们如何恢复、识别、埋葬和纪念阵亡将士》（哥伦比亚大学出版社，2005 年）；史蒂文·E。
Anders, “With All Due Honors: A History of the Quartermaster Graves Registration Mission,” Quartermaster Professional Bulletin , September 1988.
安德斯，“谨以应有的荣誉：军需官格雷夫斯登记团的历史”，军需官专业公报，1988 年 9 月。
The aftermath of World War I led to the establishment of permanent American cemeteries abroad, where the fallen, including Quentin Roosevelt, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt, were buried.
第一次世界大战后，美国在国外建立了永久性公墓，埋葬了阵亡将士，其中包括西奥多·罗斯福总统的儿子昆汀·罗斯福。
President Roosevelt asked that his son be buried where he fell, stating, “Where the tree falls, there let it lie.” Overall, around 65% of the next of kin of World War I deceased chose repatriation of remains back to the United States.
罗斯福总统要求将他的儿子埋葬在他倒下的地方，并说道：“树倒在哪里，就让它安葬在那里。”总体而言，大约 65% 的一战死者近亲选择将遗体送回美国。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 687.
斯蒂尔和博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，687。
See “World War II Accounting,” Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, DPAA Famweb, accessed July 9, 2025, https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebWWII .
请参阅“二战会计”，国防战俘/战俘会计局，DPAA Famweb，2025 年 7 月 9 日访问，https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebWWII。
Quartermaster Courage at Anzio,” U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, last modified April 18, 2025, https://qmmuseum.army.mil/research/vignettes/quartermaster-courage-at-anzio.html ; Anders, “With All Due Honors.”
安齐奥的军需勇气”，美国陆军军需博物馆，最后修改时间为 2025 年 4 月 18 日，https://qmmuseum.army.mil/research/vignettes/quartermaster-courage-at-anzio.html；Anders，“谨以所有应有的荣誉”。
Sledge, Soldier Dead , 49-50; “Key Quartermasters in History,” U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, last modified June 13, 2025, https://qmmuseum.army.mil/research/history-heritage/heritage/Key-Quartermasters-in-History.html .
斯莱奇，士兵死亡，49-50； “历史上的关键军需官”，美国陆军军需博物馆，最后修改时间为 2025 年 6 月 13 日，https://qmmuseum.army.mil/research/history-heritage/heritage/Key-Quartermasters-in-History.html。
See Edward Steere, The Graves Registration Service in World War II (Historical Section, Office of the Quartermaster General, 1951), for more information about wartime graves registration.
有关战时坟墓登记的更多信息，请参阅 Edward Steere，《第二次世界大战中的坟墓登记服务》（军需将军办公室历史部分，1951 年）。
For more on Black Quartermasters, see Douglas Bristol, Jr., “What Can We Learn About World War II from Black Quartermasters?” The National WWII Museum, August 27, 2021, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/world-war-ii-black-quartermasters .
有关黑人军需官的更多信息，请参阅小道格拉斯·布里斯托尔 (Douglas Bristol, Jr.)，“我们可以从黑人军需官那里了解到第二次世界大战的哪些信息？”国家二战博物馆，2021 年 8 月 27 日，https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/world-war-ii-black-quartermasters。
Mieke Kirkels, From Alabama to Margraten: The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army during World War II (Amsterdam University Press, 2025), 77.
Mieke Kirkels，从阿拉巴马州到马格拉滕：二战期间美国陆军中的退伍军人杰斐逊·威金斯的故事（阿姆斯特丹大学出版社，2025 年），77。
See pages 65-96 for more on his experience in Margraten.
有关他在马格拉滕的经历的更多信息，请参阅第 65-96 页。
For an example of American female casualties, three members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WACs), Sgt.
以美国女性伤亡为例，美国陆军女子军团 (WAC) 第 6888 中央邮政指挥营的三名成员，中士。
Dolores Browne, PFC Mary Barlow, and PFC Mary Bankston, were killed overseas after a fatal Jeep accident and are buried at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
多洛雷斯·布朗 (Dolores Browne)、一等兵玛丽·巴洛 (Mary Barlow) 和一等兵玛丽·班克斯顿 (Mary Bankston) 在一次吉普车致命事故后在海外丧生，葬于法国滨海科勒维尔的诺曼底美军公墓。
Another American woman is also buried there, Elizabeth Richardson, who served in the American Red Cross clubmobile unit, and was killed in a plane crash near Rouen, France.
另一位美国妇女伊丽莎白·理查森（Elizabeth Richardson）也埋葬于此，她曾在美国红十字会移动俱乐部服役，并在法国鲁昂附近的一次飞机失事中丧生。
See James William Theres, “A Final Resting Place at America’s Most Hallowed Grounds: The Arlington 14 From the Six Triple Eight,” The National WWII Museum, September 15, 2021, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/6888th-battalion-arlington-cemetery ; Phillip Walter Wellman, “4 women are buried among several thousand men at the US D-Day cemetery.
参见詹姆斯·威廉·特雷斯 (James William Theres)，“美国最神圣之地的最后安息之地：来自六重八的阿灵顿 14 人”，国家二战博物馆，2021 年 9 月 15 日，https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/6888th-battalion-arlington-cemetery；菲利普·沃尔特·威尔曼 (Phillip Walter Wellman)，“在美国诺曼底登陆公墓，四名女性被埋葬在数千名男性之中。
These are their stories,” Stars and Stripes , June 4, 2024, https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2024-06-04/women-american-cemetery-normandy-14071727.html .
这些是他们的故事”，《星条旗》，2024 年 6 月 4 日，https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2024-06-04/women-american-cemetery-normandy-14071727.html。
See Tristan Krause, “‘The Dramatic Sequel to the War’: The U.S. Army, the International Tracing Service, and the Search for the Missing, 1945-1950,” The Journal of Military History 89, no. 1 (2025); Seth Bernstein, “Burying the Alliance: Interment, Repatriation and the Politics of the Sacred in Occupied Germany,” Journal of Contemporary History 52, no. 3 (2017): 710-730, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009416644665 .
参见特里斯坦·克劳斯 (Tristan Krause)，“‘战争的戏剧性续集’：美国陆军、国际寻人服务和失踪人员搜寻，1945-1950 年”，《军事史杂志》第 89 期，第 1 期。 1（2025）；塞思·伯恩斯坦，“埋葬联盟：被占领德国的安葬、遣返和神圣政治”，《当代历史杂志》52，第 1 期。 3（2017）：710-730，https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009416644665。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , vi & 651.
Steere 和 Boardman，《二战死者的最终处置》，vi & 651。
For more on Trotter, see Emily K.
有关 Trotter 的更多信息，请参阅 Emily K.
Wilson, Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology (CRC Press, 2022).
威尔逊、米尔德里德·特罗特和体质与法医人类学的隐形历史（CRC Press，2022）。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 663.
斯蒂尔和博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，663。
For more on the distribution centers, see Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 653-687.
有关配送中心的更多信息，请参阅 Steere 和 Boardman，《二战死者的最终处置》，653-687。
For an example of commingled remains repatriated for burial in a national cemetery, see Jennifer Putnam, "What Happened to Lieutenant Curtis R.
有关混合遗体被运回国家公墓埋葬的示例，请参阅詹妮弗·普特南 (Jennifer Putnam) 的《柯蒂斯·R·中尉发生了什么》。
Biddick?" The National WWII Museum, February 9, 2024, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/what-happened-lieutenant-curtis-r-biddick .
Biddick？”国家二战博物馆，2024 年 2 月 9 日，https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/what-happened-lieutenant-curtis-r-biddick。
Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lloyd Blackney (264446), Individual Deceased Personnel Files, Record Group 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives at St. Louis, digitized at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/330493308 .
劳埃德·布莱克尼 (Lloyd Blackney) 的个人已故人员档案 (IDPF) (264446)，已故个人档案，记录组 92：军需将军办公室记录，圣路易斯国家档案馆，数字化网址：https://catalog.archives.gov/id/330493308。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 672-674.
斯蒂尔和博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，672-674。
“Services for Two Overseas Veterans,” The Frankfort Index , Nov 20, 1947, www.newspapers.com .
“为两名海外退伍军人提供的服务”，法兰克福指数，1947 年 11 月 20 日，www.newspapers.com。
IDPF for Pete L.
IDPF for Pete L.
Fiegener (37240243), Individual Deceased Personnel Files, Record Group 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives at St. Louis; “Services for Two Overseas Veterans,” The Frankfort Index , Nov 20, 1947.
Fiegener (37240243)，个人已故人员档案，记录组 92：军需将军办公室记录，圣路易斯国家档案馆； “为两名海外退伍军人提供的服务”，法兰克福指数，1947 年 11 月 20 日。
Steere and Boardman, Final Disposition of the World War II Dead , 678-682.
斯蒂尔和博德曼，《二战死者的最终处置》，678-682。
“Vision, Mission, Values,” Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, accessed July 9, 2025, https://www.dpaa.mil/About/Vision-Mission-Values/ .
“愿景、使命、价值观”，国防 POW/MIA 会计机构，2025 年 7 月 9 日访问，https://www.dpaa.mil/About/Vision-Mission-Values/。
For more on WWII recovery efforts through DPAA, see “World War II Accounting,” Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebWWII .
有关通过 DPAA 进行的二战恢复工作的更多信息，请参阅“二战会计”，国防 POW/MIA 会计机构，https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebWWII。
Erica Lansberg is the DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
艾丽卡·兰斯伯格 (Erica Lansberg) 是珍妮·克雷格战争与民主研究所的 DPAA 研究合作伙伴研究员。
More than 80 years after the Battle of Saipan, DNA analysis helped identify and account for Marine Sergeant Frank L.
塞班岛战役 80 多年后，DNA 分析帮助识别并解释了海军陆战队中士 Frank L.
Schmaltz.
施马尔茨。
He was finally brought home to Louisiana and laid to rest with full military honors.
他最终被带回路易斯安那州，并以完全军事荣誉安息。
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。
Truman G.
杜鲁门·G.
Causey was serving in the Philippines as a member of the 17th Bombardment Squadron, 27th Bombardment Group, when Japanese forces invaded the islands in December 1941.
1941 年 12 月，当日本军队入侵菲律宾群岛时，考西正在菲律宾服役，担任第 27 轰炸大队第 17 轰炸中队的成员。
More than eighty years after the B-24D Liberator named Heaven Can Wait crashed off Awar Point in Papua New Guinea, four of its crew have been accounted for and will finally be returned to the United States.
名为“天堂可以等待”的 B-24D 解放者号在巴布亚新几内亚阿瓦尔角坠毁八十多年后，四名机组人员下落不明，并将最终返回美国。
Through partnership, research, and remembrance, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and The National WWII Museum help ensure that no family is forgotten and no hero is left behind.
通过合作、研究和纪念，国防战俘/失踪人员统计局 (DPAA) 和国家二战博物馆帮助确保没有一个家庭被遗忘，没有一个英雄被抛下。
After 80 years, the remains of Private First Class John Henry Newstrom, a US Marine killed during the Battle of Peleliu in 1944, have been identified and will be returned home thanks to a joint recovery effort by the US and Japanese governments.
80 年后，1944 年贝里琉岛战役中阵亡的美国海军陆战队一等兵约翰·亨利·纽斯特罗姆 (John Henry Newstrom) 的遗骸已被确认，并将在美国和日本政府的联合打捞工作下归还。
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that 26-year-old US Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Eugene J.
国防战俘/失踪人员统计局宣布，26 岁的美国陆军空军上士尤金·J.
Darrigan of Wappingers Falls, New York, was identified and accounted for.
纽约州沃平格斯福尔斯市的达里根的身份已被确认并被查明。