{"id":3359,"date":"2025-05-26T08:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doxaweb.wordpress.com\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:51:12","slug":"in-memory-of-uncle-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doxaweb.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/in-memory-of-uncle-john\/","title":{"rendered":"in memory of Uncle John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Below is a link to the short documentary put together by Project Recover<\/a><\/strong> about the 2018 discovery of Heaven Can Wait<\/em>, the B-24 bomber that went down over Hansa Bay, New Guinea during World War II. My uncle, John W Emmer, Jr, was on board as aerial photographer along with 10 other crew members.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Toward the end of the documentary, there is footage of the flag ceremony held by the Project Recover expedition crew in Hansa Bay… during which they read the names of all of the fallen, including my uncle. Somehow brought the whole thing home for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the documentary link, there are also links to local and national news stories that were published in the spring of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, here’s a bit about my own connection with my uncle<\/a><\/strong>: I had visited his grave site on Good Friday, which was the very day his plane was discovered under the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 13, 2018, family members of the crew gathered, along with a number of the Project Recover staff, for an event that included sharing stories of the crew members and learning more about Project Recover’s work and mission. This informal event was called the Heaven Can Wait Family Reunion. Links to news stories about that event are below as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.<\/p>Excerpt from “For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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