Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998Title: "Unknown No More"Category: Picture StoryPlace: Second Place Portfolio and the National Press Photographers Association Award. The remains of Air Force 1ST LT. Michael Joseph Blassie, formerly one of those interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns, were laid to rest with a name after 26 years of being listed "missing in action." The day after his funeral, his mother, Jean Blassie, his sister, Pat, and his brother, George, visited Jefferson's Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri to remember and share a few moments with Michael
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/01/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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