{"id":342,"date":"2019-05-23T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiefrickstone.wordpress.com\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:23:02","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129839 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rick-Stone-HPD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Chief <\/strong><strong>Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation was established in 2006 as a qualified private charitable foundation under Section 501 (C) (3) of the IRS Code.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The purpose of the Foundation is to provide funding via grants to individuals and\/or organizations for charitable purposes, to provide information to the family members of missing American servicemen and women, to promote education including the holding of property for preservation or conservation of wildlife, and lessen the burdens of government by supporting public safety and combating unethical conduct, crime and corruption in the private and public sectors. <\/span><\/h5>\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The philosophy of the Foundation seeks to help develop individuals who dare to become great leaders, aid those who refuse to compromise their principles in the face of opposition, and to assist individuals and organizations who demonstrate courage in the face of adversity. <\/span><\/h5>\r\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cornerstone of this philosophy is built around the &#8220;Concepts of <strong>ETHICS&#8221;<\/strong> that are fundamental to successful leadership:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Equality<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Truth<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Honesty<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Integrity<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Courage<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Self-control<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/content.blubrry.com\/nohomeforheroes\/Episode_29.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125568  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apple-podcast-logo-300x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apple-podcast-logo-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apple-podcast-logo-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apple-podcast-logo.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 85vw, 553px\" \/>EPISODE 29: A COOK WHO REFUSED TO BE LEFT BEHIND<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/news\/local-news\/bringing-louie-home-the-boy-the-battle-the-waiting\/\">Click on the link above for the NO HOME FOR HEROES podcast which led to the &#8220;Edward R. Murrow Award below:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/news\/local-news\/bringing-louie-home-the-boy-the-battle-the-waiting\/\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126844 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Murrow-Award-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Click on the image above for a direct link to a story regarding a case investigation by the Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation courtesy of Fox News, Veterans Day, November 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank You, Rick Stone, For Restoring John Mann\u2019s Name<\/h1>\r\n<div id=\"website_logo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-journal.com\/\" rel=\"home\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.post-journal.com\/wp-content\/themes\/coreV2\/images\/website_logo.png\" alt=\"homepage logo\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<aside id=\"todays_date\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">August 23, 2025 &#8211; Editorial<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a id=\"breakingNewsUrlContainer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.post-journal.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2025\/08\/tallahassee-wins-babe-ruth-world-series\/\"><span id=\"breakingNewsTitleContainer\"><\/span><\/a><\/aside>\r\n<div id=\"content_wrap\"><main id=\"content\" class=\"article\">\r\n<section id=\"left_column_inside\">\r\n<div id=\"inside_left_column\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<article id=\"single\">\r\n<aside id=\"article_details\"><nav><a title=\"View all posts in In Our Opinion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.post-journal.com\/opinion\/in-our-opinion\/\">In Our Opinion<\/a><\/nav>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug 23, 2025<\/p>\r\n<\/aside>\r\n<section id=\"article_content\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Staff Sgt. John Mann has been a man lost to history for the past 83 years.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During World War II, Mann was assigned to 22nd Material Squadron at Hickam Airfield on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. On. Dec. 7, 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft expanded to Hickam Field, targeting U.S. aircrafts and ships, barracks, supply buildings, and the base chapel. The attack lasted four hours. Mann was reportedly killed during this time.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But, unlike others who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, Mann doesn\u2019t have a grave site near his hometown where tribute can be paid every Memorial Day or where family members could go to grieve their loved one in the days, weeks, years and decades since the war\u2019s end. Not that the Mann family didn\u2019t try. As recently as 1986 the family tried to get the government to reopen the investigation into Mann\u2019s death.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks to Rick Stone, the Mann family finally has some answers. The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation help families investigate and identify the whereabouts of their Missing in Action and Prisoner of War family members. The work dates back to 2002 for Stone, who uses a system he developed while serving as the Dallas, Texas, (deputy) chief of police that takes basic biometric information and uses that to make predictions and matches to help identify remains. When Stone retired from law enforcement he was given a position with the Department of Defense to help search for World War II soldiers who are missing in action and prisoners of war. There are still around 8,000 soldiers like Mann across the country.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was while he was assigned to look into those killed in Pearl Harbor that Stone made the discovery of the unknowns buried in Schofield Barracks Cemetery that served in the Army at Hickman Field, Hawaii. After the attack, Mann\u2019s body was identified and he was listed as being sent to the Schofield Barracks Cemetery for burial, but his identification became separated from his body and he was buried as an unknown.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stone began working on the case in 2022. Mann was listed by Stone\u2019s RISC system as a most likely match to only two unknown soldiers from Schofield who were later buried in the Punchbowl Cemetery. Stone and the foundation\u2019s investigations were offered to the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency, which led to Mann\u2019s recovery from the Punchbowl Cemetery.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mann is also a unique case, Stone said, in that he was only 22 years old and had served in the Army for two years, but had already risen to the rank of Staff Sergeant.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe is buried in a beautiful cemetery but his headstone only says \u2018Unknown\u2019. He lost not only his life but his name, and had no visitors to his grave because no one knew he was there. I was probably the first to visit Mann\u2019s grave since he was buried there. The foundation and I are on a quest, you could say, to get them their names back,\u201d Stone said.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There aren\u2019t many people left in Chautauqua County, if any, who knew John Mann. Perhaps the greatest gift Stone has given is that, for a few weeks, Mann\u2019s name was back in headlines in Chautauqua County so that we can once again remember his service and say, once again, a somber thank you to a young man who didn\u2019t flinch when under attack by the enemy on a day that still lives in infamy. John Mann died a hero. Rick Stone and his foundation are heroes for a different reason.<\/p>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/main><\/div>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Copyright (C) 2012-2026 by the Chief Rick Stone &amp; Family Charitable Foundation. 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