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Tarawa Update - November 20, 2025
By: ChiefRickStone Date: November 21, 2025, 10:23 am
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On the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa the following
update is presented by the Chief Rick Stone and Family
Charitable Foundation (www.ChiefRickStone.com):
Number of missing ("Unaccounted For") from Tarawa: 358
Number of Tarawa "Unknowns" recovered by DPAA but not yet
identified: 49
Number of Tarawa missing identified by DPAA in 2025: 0
[center]VETERAN'S DAY 2025 UPDATE: WHAT THE CHIEF RICK STONE
AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED[/center]
[center]803 Family Reports
(Most recent: 2nd Lieutenant John Shores)[/center]
Number of comprehensive "Family Reports" prepared upon request
by the family members of missing American servicemen and
servicewomen. The purpose of this research is to promote the
education of family members and others by aiding in the
recovery, identification, and return of these missing heroes.
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[center]HEROES HOME AT LAST
253 MIA's Identified & Returned Home
(Most recent: Seaman 1st Class Wayne Newton)[/center]
Number of missing American servicemen and servicewomen who have
been recovered, identified, and returned home to their families
after Foundation case investigations were completed on their
cases. You may see specific information on MIA cases that were
the subject of investigations by researchers and investigators
at the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation and who
were recovered and returned home at
HTML https://www.chiefrickstone.com/?page_id=53454
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[center]NO HOME FOR HEROES PODCASTS
87 Podcasts On the Air
Most recent: "Why Can't Jack Come Home?": The Case of Tarawa
MIA PFC John Cecil DeLillis[/center]
Number of podcast episodes of "NO HOME FOR HEROES" that have
been produced and made available to YOU for FREE access on the
internet. To access all available episodes click on
HTML https://www.chiefrickstone.com/?page_id=125087
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[center]THE POST- JOURNAL NEWSPAPER, STOW, NEW YORK
EDITORIAL
August 23, 2025: "THANK YOU, RICK STONE, FOR RESTORING JOHN
MANN'S NAME"[/center]
This wonderfully written editorial opinion about just one of our
MIA cases, really brought home what YOU can be proud of when you
support our efforts. To access a transcription of the newspaper
article, click on
HTML https://www.chiefrickstone.com/
and scroll
down the page.
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