Honoring those who died in Captivity

On Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the N.H. Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, NH over 600 people joined us for an ”Historic even, first in Nation”....

Purple Heart Certificates presented to Family members of those who died while in captivity, WW2 and Korea”.

This was a MOPH Ceremony in recognition of National Purple Heart Day which is August 7th.

ALL Veterans, Veteran Organizations, Blue Star and Gold Star Mothers, Bikers and the American Public to came together and recognized these Heroes and Their Families for their Sacrifice and Service.

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Opportunity for ALL Together to show “Let Us Not Forget” is the code we live by.

We are urgently seeking next-of-kin of New Hampshire POWs who died in captivity during WWII or the Korean War. 31 of 61 have been contacted. If you are a family member or know the family of a POW who so died, please get in touch with me.

I can be reached by email at:
allangavan@gmail.com or 603-253-9359.

Thank you,

Allan Gavan


28 Purple Hearts to be awarded posthumously

World War II
NH Prisoners Who Died in Captivity

Ash, Wesley
Balukevicuis, Waldo
Bodnar, Stanley, L.
Brokenshire, Herbert C.
Browne, Charles J.
Chase, Robert P.
Corcoran, James L.
Corliss, Irving A.
Crandall, Robert W.
Cuss, John A.
Douglass, Francis M.
Edwards, Houston E.
Falardeau, Robert C.

Gay, Burt C.
Gervais, Joseph F.
Gilbert, James W.
Hall, George W.
Hall, Robert S.
Henson, Dudley A.
Hodgkins, Jr., Ray K.
Leighton, Harry R.
Lemelin, Albert L.
Lund, Elliott R.
Marston, William H.
Maynard, Roland J.
McLaughlin, Patrick T.
Nourse, Jonas E.

Packard, Henry H.
Papienuk, Adolph S.
Pease, Jr., Harl
Picard, James J.
Pierce, Charles R.
Pineau, Austin J.
Prescott, Paul H.
Rivet, Louis J.
Rush, Douglass B.
Ryder, John F.
St. Laurent, Joseph N.
Stearns, Frederick A.
Sullivan, Josheph A.
Young, Peter M.


 
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Korean War
NH Prisoners Who Died in Captivity

Ashley, Francis W.
Botsford, Philip A.
Charles, Madison F.
Curley, Jr., George A.
Dick, Myron G.
Dubay, Gerald L.J.

Dunham, Leland R.
Fleming, Frederick E.
Fletcher, Robert S.
Frazier, Reginald E.
Hesseltine, Jr., Herbert A.
Jordan, Paul H.

Pelletier, Joseph N.
Richard, Elmer P.
Ritter, Wallace F.
Robillard Joseph A.
Sidney, Alfred H.
Tremblay, Aurel

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