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We Move Only Forward: Canada, the United States, and the First Special Service Force, 1942-1944
By James A. Woods
3 Commando: Helmand Assault
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 8723" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Almeida </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bernard </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Psychologial Warfare Company (1 Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>51185512 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th July 1953 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Memorial Cemetery,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Bristol,Rhode Island</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.8.1932</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MIA Korea </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Korean War Veterans Memorial</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>memorial - North Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-almeida-memorial.35518/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35518-46f4a0835fffe44457a5cf386c786fdd.jpg?1621188996" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Wed May 9, 2007</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>"BRISTOL - Fifty-four years ago, Bernard "Butch"Almeida died on a Korean battlefield. His family never knew that for certain — until the Army came calling two days ago. Initially declared Missing in Action, Mr. Almeida died when the Jeep he was driving in was ripped apart by a mortar."</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The Army changed his status to Killed in Action a year after the incident, but according to one of his two surviving relatives, his parents, relatives and friends never knew. Even today, a memorial in his honor at the corner of Hope and Washington streets honors Bernard "Butch" Almeida, Missing in Action.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 8723, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Almeida [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Bernard [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1 Psychologial Warfare Company (1 Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]51185512 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]6th July 1953 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]20 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]National Memorial Cemetery,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Bristol,Rhode Island[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 12.8.1932[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award Bronze Star[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]MIA Korea [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]National Korean War Veterans Memorial[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]memorial - North Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-almeida-memorial.35518/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35518-46f4a0835fffe44457a5cf386c786fdd.jpg?1621188996[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Wed May 9, 2007[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]"BRISTOL - Fifty-four years ago, Bernard "Butch"Almeida died on a Korean battlefield. His family never knew that for certain — until the Army came calling two days ago. Initially declared Missing in Action, Mr. Almeida died when the Jeep he was driving in was ripped apart by a mortar."[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I][/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The Army changed his status to Killed in Action a year after the incident, but according to one of his two surviving relatives, his parents, relatives and friends never knew. Even today, a memorial in his honor at the corner of Hope and Washington streets honors Bernard "Butch" Almeida, Missing in Action.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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