Page 6 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MAy 10, 2024 Need a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? For more info, call (857) 249-7882 JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM ~ The Old Sachem ~ The ongoing accounting of MIA/POWs By Bill Stewart T he Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command was a Joint Task Force within the United States Department of Defense with a mission to account for Americans who are listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action from all past wars and confl icts. It became very active for the Vietnam veterans who were missing in action. It is usually listed as JPAC and its motto is “Until they are home.” It was offi cially decommissioned on January 30, 2015, because of many scandals and revelations in testimony before Congress concerning failures to identify missing war dead. JPAC, the DeCelebrating Our 52nd Year Dan - 1972 We Sell Cigars & Accessories! MAJOR BRANDS AT DISCOUNT PRICES! Singles * Tins * Bundles * Boxes * Travel Humidors * Desk Top Humidors * Many Types of Lighters * Ash Trays * Juuls * Vapes * Glass Pipes * Rewards Program * CBD Infused Products * GIFTS UNDER $30 - GIFT CERTIFICATES If you use what we specialize in (Cigars & Accessories), then take advantage of our 52 Years of Experience! HOURS: OPEN DAILY 7 DAYS A WEEK, 9AM - 6PM * Join our Rewards Program! Humidor Specials! Starting as LOW as $99. Complete with Accessories R.Y.O. TOBACCO & TUBES ON SALE! Green Label Cigar Sale! Buy 2 Cigars, Get One FREE! A.B.C. CIGAR 170 REVERE ST., REVERE (781) 289-4959 Chris 2024 fense POW/Missing Personnel Office and portions of the U.S. Air Force’s Life Science Equipment Laboratory were merged into the new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. In 1973 the Department of Defense established the Central Identifi cation Laboratory-Thailand to do the recovery of POWs and MIAs in Southeast Asia. In 1976 the DOD established the Central Identifi cation Laboratory-Hawaii to search for, recover and identify missing Americans from all former confl icts. In 1992 the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting worked on Americans missing from the Vietnam War. In 2002 DOD determined that POW/MIA recovery efforts would be best served by combining the two Central Identifi cation Laboratories and the Joint Task Force. On October 1, 2003, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting command was established under the command of the Commander, Pacific Command and remains thus today. JPAC operations were divided into four areas: Analysis and Investigation, Recovery, Identifi cation and Closure. The JPAC had 18 Recovery Teams that investigated leads of Americans who were killed in action but were never brought home. When remains and artifacts are sent to the library they are stored in a secured area, and Forensic Anthropologists examine and attempt to identify the remains. They attempt to discover sex, age at date of death and stature of the individual. They use mitochondrial DNA to iden“The Old Sachem,” Bill Stewart. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Joanie Allbee) tify subjects, along with material evidence to attempt determination of the person. The recovery often takes years to complete. They average about 18 months to identify the subject. When identifi cation is completed, the remains are forwarded to the appropriate service Mortuary Aff airs Offi ce. As of July 2021, America is still missing 72,462 service members from World War II; 7,557 from the Korean War; 1,584 from the Vietnam War; 126 in the Cold War; Captain Paul F. Lorence, U.S. Air Force, killed in the Libya bombing of 1986; two from Operation Desert Storm; and three from Operation Iraqi Freedom. We pray that time will reveal many of these service members not yet identifi ed and the bodies will be returned to the relatives for appreciation of their actions and burial either in a federal place or back in the homeland of our missing but not forgotten heroes. (Editor’s Note: Bill Stewart, who is better known to Saugus Advocate readers as “The Old Sachem,” writes a weekly column – sometimes about sports. He also opines on current or historical events or famous people.) Board of Selectmen Announcement The Saugus Board of Selectmen would like to inform the public that the Town has All Alcoholic license availability. If interested, please contact our office at 781-231-4124, or e-mail the Board at selectmen@saugus-ma.gov. All applications and required information need to be submitted no later than Monday, May 13, 2024, at 2:00 PM. The public hearing(s) on any request received will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2024. May 3, 10, 2024
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