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Deputy Chief – World War II Research and Investigation Branch<\/span><\/h2>\n
After only a few months of service with the Department of Defense, Chief Stone was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief in the World War II Research and Investigation Branch. In addition to his efforts to resolve on-going internal conflicts and agency command inefficiencies, Chief Stone personally conducted investigations into servicemen who were not recovered from the following:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Battle of Tarawa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

USS California (Pearl Harbor)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

USS West Virginia (Pearl Harbor)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

USS Arizona (Pearl Harbor)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Missing Air Crew Report 11661 \u2013 B26 Loss in Germany<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Battle of Guam<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Battle of Peleliu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JPAC Incident 109 \u2013 B25 Loss in New Guinea<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JPAC\u00a0Incident 815 – Sinking of LCT 988 off Hawaii<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JPAC\u00a0Incident 425 \u2013 Philippines (Cabanatuan\u00a0POWs)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BUNO 58471 \u2013 F6F Fighter Losses in Yap<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Missing Air Crew Report 1267 \u2013 P38 Loss in Germany<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JPAC Incident 853 \u2013 First Casualty during Sicily Invasion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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JPAC Incident 27 Other \u2013 C124\u00a0Loss in Alaska\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Anchorage Daily News – June 27, 2012 “Aircraft debris found on glacier 12 miles from 1952 crash site<\/span><\/a>“<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/content.blubrry.com\/nohomeforheroes\/Episode_39.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click on the direct link above 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>\n

Army Losses During Attack on Hickam Field at Pear Harbor<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.post-journal.com\/opinion\/in-our-opinion\/2025\/08\/thank-you-rick-stone-for-restoring-john-manns-name\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Click on the direct link above for a Newspaper Editorial dated August 22, 2025 Thanking the Foundation for Helping Locate a New York Soldier Lost at Pearl Harbor<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright (C) 2012-2025 by the Chief Rick Stone & Family Charitable Foundation. All Rights Reserved.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deputy Chief – World War II Research and Investigation Branch After only a few months of service with the Department of Defense, Chief Stone was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief in the World War II Research and Investigation Branch. In addition to his efforts to resolve on-going internal conflicts and agency command inefficiencies, … Continue reading “World War II Research”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":184,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129753,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/129753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}