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UPDATE: New media stories about the discovery of Alexander Bonnyman Jr.

July 21, 2015 by Clay Bonnyman Evans

I am out wandering the wild for a month, but am in town. I wanted to post links to excellent pieces about History Flight’s amazing work in recovering Alexander Bonnyman Jr. here while I have a few minutes online.

1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. in a foxhole during the battle of Tarawa, 1943. Photo by Obie Newcombe.

We are most grateful for all the excellent work by journalists on this story.

Looking forward to speaking with Colorado Public Radio, Radio New Zealand and more, soon.

NEW: Radio New Zealand National

NEW: “Checkpoint,” Radio New Zealand National

NEW: Radio New Zealand International

Washington Post

Los Angeles Times

Marine Corps Times

Knoxville News-Sentinel

San Jose Mercury News

KDVR Denver (Fox 31)

KOAT Albuquerque (ABC)

KMGH Denver (ABC)

Santa Fe New Mexican

Daily Camera (Boulder)

WBIR Knoxville (CBS)

Post New Zealand

Clay Bonnyman Evans is a freelance writer who lives in South Carolina and Colorado. In his career as a journalist, he wrote for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register and Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) His book, "Bones of My Grandfather," will be published by Skyhorse Publishing in July 2018. It is the story of his grandfather, First Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., who was killed in the battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Since 2010, Evans has been involved with efforts to recover Marine remains from Tarawa with nonprofit History Flight, Inc. He was present in May 2015 for the discovery and exhumation of his grandfather, who was reinterred in Knoxville, Tennessee in September 2015. More.

UPDATE: New media stories about the discovery of Alexander Bonnyman Jr.

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