Buried as a Mystery, Remembered by Name: The Story of Michael Blassie
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, he was buried as the Vietnam Unknown beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but Michael Joseph Blassie’s story didn’t end there. Craig Du Mez of the Grateful Nation Project shares the story of how DNA revealed his name and changed a national tradition.
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