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June 6, 2024

Foundation’s “NO HOME FOR HEROES” Podcasts Surpass 10,000 Downloads

"NO HOME FOR HEROES" explores history's military mysteries regarding lost service men and women who were classified as "Missing In Action.”  Each podcast features information from the actual investigative case files of the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation who is committed to providing information to the families of America's long forgotten MIA's.

For the past twelve years, thousands of supporters have followed the Foundation’s investigations into missing American service members probably know we have now completed over 700 comprehensive case reports requested by the families of these MIA’s…all at absolutely no cost to the families and with absolutely no government funding.

The incredible stories to be found in each case often go untold outside a very small group but in 2019, the Foundation began producing a series of trademarked podcast episodes of “NO HOME FOR HEROES - History’s Military Mysteries:  Missing In Action.”  Many of the episodes feature MIAs from the Battle of Tarawa.

And, after a yearlong absence while our Founder was on assignment with United States Navy in 2020, the Foundation renewed production with all new episodes of “NO HOME FOR HEROES” in 2021.

We have just been informed by our hosting platform that over 10,000 of the current 87 episodes have been downloaded worldwide, including in SIXTY-THREE (63) foreign countries!  Fifty (50) episodes that have been downloaded over 100 times each including Episode 29: A Cook Who Refused to be Left Behind (which has 230 downloads and prompted a Sacramento news story which was a 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award Winner),

Episode 36: Love and Loss in the South Pacific now has OVER 335 downloads!

Episode 67: A Pearl Harbor Mystery That Had Even the Navy Confused now has OVER 225 downloads!

Episode 47: MIA Ghosts Trapped On the Bottom of Pearl Harbor has OVER 200 downloads?

...and, our all time most popular production is:

Episode 70: Lost At Sea for Over 75 Years? No, Not Really with almost 400 downloads!!!!

Listeners may access “NO HOME FOR HEROES” on the Foundation’s website at:

www.ChiefRickStone.com

…or platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Music Play, Blubrry, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, or just about any other favorite podcast site.  The episodes are FREE and contain NO advertising or commercials.  The Foundation receives absolutely no financial compensation from the broadcasts.

The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation is a private non-profit charitable foundation whose mission, in part, is to promote education by providing information to the family members of missing American servicemen and service women.

Rick Stone is a retired Dallas Police Commander and Chief of Police in Wichita, Kansas and Hollywood, Florida.  A Medal of Valor recipient with the Dallas, Texas Police Department and former national “Law Enforcement Officer of the Year” as Police Chief in Wichita, Chief Stone previously served as the Deputy Chief of the World War II Research and Investigation Branch at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the Chief, Naval Historian at the U.S. Navy’s Naval History and Heritage Command on the Washington Navy Yard.  He currently serves as the Chairman, Board of Directors, for the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation.

Anyone know the name of the 6th Marines S2 Officer who was killed along with a couple of other men on Betio after the island was secured?

There is a book by a 2nd Div Interpreter that has some info on Colley.  I have it at home.

Jon

Thanks, Gunny. Got another one that had some names I did not see. Smith, Shoup, Edson.. I had.  Names I do not know. Lt Col Cook, Lt Col Colley, Lt Col Goen and a Capt O'hara. No first names. Will have to look at muster rolls. Was betting on this being at Parker Ranch and believe I got it. See pic below. Modern vs old of main house. Although looks like there's been some updates, both have same lattice works. I would bet these are rare but I lose more than I win Pictures courtesy of the daughter of Lt Col Carl Mesmer's daughter. He was surviving officer of E22 at Tarawa. 2nd LT then and was in charge of the weapons platoon.

Is that Shoup in the middle here? Looks to have a cigar in his hand. See Edson and Smith. In Hawaii before Saipan?