First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie. DNA testing identified this Vietnam Era soldier who was in the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. Other unknowns from other conflicts and wars remain unidentified.
Before the year 1867, the British provided defence for Canada. Canadian soldiers were involved in many of the large well known wars such World Wars I & II.
We fought the Romans and beat them. And we've been in wars with Norway and Sweden. We were sort of neutral in WW1 and WW2. We have soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
The musket was used by foot soldiers in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Because the US Army manages US wars; the US Army has jurisdiction over land wars. USAF & USN SUPPORT the US Army. The US Army always preferred to study Europe for future wars; the US Army absolutely did not want to fight any Asian Wars. Money (Defense Budgets) were 99% allocated for European Wars. Asia represented a dirty filthy ruthless war fought without mercy. Europe represented chivalry and the fine art of hi-tech weapons.
The unknown soldier buried under the actual Tomb is from WWI. There are crypts in front of the Tomb for soldiers from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The unknown soldier from Vietnam was removed and identified as Michael J Blassie. He is now buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis, MO.
The Tomb of the Unknown holds three soldiers, one each from WWI, WWII and Korea. The unknown soldier from Vietnam was later identified through DNA and was removed
WW1, WW2, Korea, Viet nam
If your talking about the tomb of the unknown solider, it is unidentified remains of soldiers from many wars. The US. Military gives the utmost respect for the men and women who have been killed and whose remains have not been recovered or identifiable.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier literally recognizes and honors unidentified veterans. In war (especially many years ago), sometimes the combatants cannot be identified. These people are commemorated at national monuments that are often known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are several of these tombs throughout the world. In the United States there are three: • The Tomb of Unknowns in Arlington, Virginia • The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • The Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier in Biloxi, Mississippi
In the US, it's in Arlington Cemetery, just across the river from Washington, DC. Never officially named, it is referred to as the Tomb of the Unknowns. Canada has theirs in Ottawa, England's is in London, and France's is in Paris.
I believe it is made up of the body parts of unidentified soldiers from different wars.
There are many Tomb's of the Unknown. Obviously, the whole point is that the person buried in said Tomb was never able to be identified, which is why they are buried as a tribute to all who were unable to be identified. With new genetic matching techniques, it is today sometimes possible to tell whose remains are there, and it wasn't when they were buried.
First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie. DNA testing identified this Vietnam Era soldier who was in the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. Other unknowns from other conflicts and wars remain unidentified.
The Unknown Soldier. Many nations have a Tomb to The Unknown Soldier. Because the Unknown can never be identified, that soldier becomes the most honored soldier buried, representing all the unknown dead of any and all wars. Characteristic of Tombs to the Unknown is an around-the-clock Honor Guard. One of the most moving things to watch is the changing of the Guard at a Tomb to the Unknown. The guard is always mounted in any weather. There was an incident of a lightning strike close to The Tomb to the Unknown in Arlington, Virginia. The guard never turned a hair as he stood there, soaked through.Click on the related link below for a good Wikipedia article on Tombs of the Unknown.
Unknown soldiers are not limited to just 4 wars. In every war there are going to be at least some participants whose identity is never determined. Wars are by their nature very chaotic. But as far as the United States is concerned, the most significant wars were the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WW I, and WW II. Perhaps those are the ones you are thinking of.
Unknowns, Tomb of the, a national memorial to the unrecovered dead of the United States armed forces of World Wars I and II and the Korean War. It was originally named the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but since 1958 it has been called the Tomb of the Unknowns or, unofficially, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. The tomb is in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The remains of an unidentified United States serviceman of World War I were buried here in 1921. In 1958 two other Unknowns-one from World War II, the other from the Korean War-were buried at the tomb's foot. In 1984 an unidentified serviceman from the Vietnamese War was entombed. The remains of this serviceman were identified in 1998 through DNA testing as those of First Lt. Michael Blassie. The remains were removed from the tomb and reburied by Blassie's family near St. Louis. The monument is a rectangular block of marble, 14 feet (4.3 m) long at the base and 8 feet (2.4 m) high from base to cap. The inscription on the tomb reads "Here Rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known But to God." After World War I many countries dedicated similar memorials. France's is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, beneath the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Britain's is in Westminster Abbey.