Janos “John” Lutz was 19 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps out of high school, aiming to do his part for his country in the aftermath of the 911 terrorist attacks.

Pete Bradford is playing a critical role in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to maintain a healthy and ready fighting force in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. As a member of the nurse corps serving with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville, this Jacksonville resident is one of the 139 service members assigned to Task Force Southeast - Jacksonville, the primary Department of Defense support organization for the Federal Emergency Management Agency response to COVID-19. “I serve as the assistant officer-in-charge for the medical staff,” Bradford said. David Barrows, medical officer-in-charge of Task Force Southeast - Jacksonville. Our team is honored to serve a stateside mission to serve our own citizens in the battle against a global pandemic.”

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 22-year-old Jacksonville man killed aboard the USS Oklahoma when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, is finally accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The service subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosomal DNA (Y-STR) and autosomal STR DNA (auSTR) analysis.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 22-year-old Jacksonville man killed aboard the USS Oklahoma when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has finally been accounted for and laid to rest, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The service subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosomal DNA (Y-STR) and autosomal STR DNA (auSTR) analysis.