‘Thousands of Men Have Come Home Because of Him’:Johnie Webb 50 years in the search for MIA soldiers in US wars. finally now, he's coming home himself

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So what does retirement look like for Johnie Webb?

His daughter Shalena thinks he’s probably through with traveling. He’s spending more time with his three young grandchildren and fixing all the things around the house he hasn’t had time for, she said. But on his first official day of retirement, he spent more than an hour on the phone with a former colleague who called for guidance.

‘Thousands of Men Have Come Home Because of Him’

Johnie Webb has spent nearly half a century spearheading the search for those missing in action from America’s wars. Now, he’s finally getting his own homecoming.

www.politico.com

 

[DGS49]

There was a MIA in my unit in Vietnam. Was in an outhouse when it was randomly struck by an incoming rocket. Not enough body parts to make a definite ID of the body, so listed as MIA. Family was raising all sorts of ruckus with the Army, DoD and their congressman, claiming that there was a coverup about their son, and they couldn't get a straight answer as to his whereabouts. Discretion prevented the C.O. from simply stating the truth..that he was. blown to smithereens and unidentifiable using then-state-of-the-art means.

MIA. Not always what you think.