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Dee Dee King, FGC (sm), FCAFG (sm)*
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More About the The USS Oklahoma
Heather Harris, Historian, "ARCHIVAL RESEARCH MEMO," Updated December 2015. This is a very informative historical account of the remains of the US Oklahoma. Click Here
Heather Harris, Historian, "ARCHIVAL RESEARCH MEMO," "Re: History of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma and subsequent attempts to recover and identify her crew," 9 December 2015. Presented here with permission from Ms. Harris.
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Current Cases for the Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch
Dee Dee King served as the contract professional genealogist for the US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch from 2009-2013, with a contract renewal in June, 2014, 2017, and the most recent contract awarded June 2022. She identifies living relatives who are eligible to contribute mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and yDNA Family Reference Samples and family members, who by law, can direct disposition of remains as requested by the Department of the Navy for unaccounted-for Navy service members from World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, through Desert Storm.
Ms. King has completed research on more than 360 USS Oklahoma cases. Also recently completed were cases from the Japanese POW camps at Cabanatuan and Rabaul, and from the attack at Tarawa.
Current cases are from the "Japanese Hellship" the Oryoku Maru, USS Polllux, USS Truxton, LST-523, and LST 282.
The Oryoku Maru had been captured by the Japanese and towards the end of the war was used to hold prisoners of war captured in the Philippines. Many of our servicemen on this ship had survived the Bataan Death March. The Japanese had refused to fly the Red Cross flag on ships holding prisoners. US forces bombed the ship on the 14th and 15th of December, not knowing American prisoners were onboard. For more information: Oryoko Maru
The USS Pollux and USS Truxton were sunk 18 February 1942 off the coast of Newfoundland. LST-523 was sunk 19 June 1944 and LST 282 was sunk 15 August 1944, both off the coast of Normandy.
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