August of 2021, I went to Alaska to look for the C-119 that went missing November 15, 1952 (20 servicemen) and could possibly be on Mount Iliamna. While I was there, I was also able … Read More
Mr. Terry Mates story about his father missing aboard the missing C-119
My father flew to Korea in a C119. He was flying in a war zone in Korea for 10 months, I believe. He survived the war and came home. A few months later he was … Read More
How a retired geologist discovered a long lost Air Force crash in the Alaska Range
For more than 60 years, remnants of a wrecked U.S. Air Force plane were lost in the Alaska Range, buried beneath ice and snow on a glacier snaking through a mountainside. And for generations, families had no hope of recovering the bodies of 19 service members killed in the 1952 crash.
Family’s Closure Rests on Remote Alaskan Glacier
Frank Blasi still remembers the last time he saw his brother, Daniel Blasi. Frank was at a neighbor’s farm in St. Leo, working during the harvest. Daniel had just been drafted into the Korean War … Read More