Identifying D-Day's Fallen Through DNA Technology

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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When nearly 73,000 U.S. troops landed in Normandy on June 6th, 1944, there was no way to prepare for the gruesome battle that would ensue. On that day 80 years ago, more than 2,500 soldiers were killed or went missing in action -- with hundreds being left unidentified. Fortunately, new DNA technology is giving the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency the power to change that. Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Kelly McKeague sits down to discuss how new DNA matching technology has allowed the agency to positively identify at least seven soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day and what these discoveries mean to families. Follow Bret on X: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.1	At least three soldiers who died during the D-Day invasion and thought to be missing in action have been identified this last year.
0:56.0	Tonight, we take a look at their stories and honor their sacrifice.
1:02.3	Nearly 73,000 U.S. troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. More than 2,500 were killed
1:10.4	or were missing in action.
1:12.8	The Defense Prisoner of War, missing in action accounting agency, has since identified
1:16.9	seven of those missing soldiers. Three were named in the last year. Are there still others
1:21.9	who have yet to be identified? Hundreds. The case of those three soldiers, they were part of a landing
1:26.2	craft on June 6th. Army Corporal Julius Wolf, Army Sergeant John Herrick, an Army Tech 4 Elmo Hartwick,
1:33.3	were all part of the 149th Engineer Battalion on D-Day.
1:37.3	They boarded the same landing craft headed for Omaha Beach.
1:41.3	But the soldiers would never make it to battle.
1:45.0	The vessel struck a mine as it was hit by artillery fire.
1:49.0	The craft exploded, killing around 200 on board.
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