Oklahoman searching for information on soldiers

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Four years ago Michael Beach began searching for the stories of the Oklahoma soldiers who are buried overseas. Recently he began the search for as many of the stories as he could find of soldiers from all around the United States.Mr. Beach began his journey with a visit to all 23 American cemeteries located around the world where the soldiers from his state are buried. He spent six months traveling through Europe, North Africa, the Philippines and Hawaii where he placed over 2,000 Oklahoma rose rocks at the graves of the soldiers. 
 
“Everything startedwhen I visited a Normandy cemetery and walked up to an Oklahoman’s grave. I gave him a rose rock and found about twenty others that day. When I went back, I visited the 144 Oklahoma soldiers in the cemetery and gave all of them a rose rock,” Mr. Beach said. After he returned home he began his search for the stories of the3,000 Oklahoma soldiers. However he soon found roadblock after roadblock in his way to gathering the stories of these amazing soldiers. So far Mr. Beach has gathered around 50 stories, some only partially complete, of WWI and WWII members of the military from Oklahoma. Mr. Beach is now in the process of looking for stories of soldiers from other states. The stories that Mr. Beach collects will be shared with each soldier’s cemetery so that others passing through them can hear the tales and histories of these honorable men. Mr. Beach is looking for copies of photos, letters, family stories, information about the soldier’s life, and even history of the area during the time the soldiers lived there. Anyone who has any information on a soldier who is buried overseas, contact Mr. Beach by visiting apieceofhomeusa. com to arrange a digital transfer. You may also contact him at 405-867-5135 or at mbeach969@hotmail.com.
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