[LINK] US MIA found in Cambridge after 50 years via the web

[Tom Worthington]

Yesterday I had a message from someone in the USA asking for help in 
finding a photograph of their Uncle's grave. They found me via the web and 
I was able to find information about the graveyard for them the same way, 
including a copy of the photo which started the whole thing off.

Their Uncle had been listed as MIA with the US military in 1943. The day 
before yesterday they received a letter saying a person with the same name 
as their Uncle was buried in the "Cambridge Cemetery in England".

I had taken a photo of the cemetery 
<http://www.acs.org.au/president/1996/epubs/uk.htm> and so they asked me 
for help. Wen I took the photo I knew little of its significance, it was 
just a stop on the route of a tourist bus.

Pasting the caption from the photo ("American War Cemetery, Madingley") to 
a Google web search produced a remarkable amount of useful information: 
http://www.google.com/search?q=American+War+Cemetery%2C+Madingley+&btnG=Google+Search

This included more photographs, history and organizations for relatives to 
contact about the graves. I sent these links to my enquirer (after a web 
search for their name to see they existed).

But one link which startled me 
was:  http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/cambridgeuk/madcem.htm

This has a copy of my photo (with an acknowledgment and link back to my web 
site). The search had come back to the starting point.

Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington@tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President, Australian Computer Society
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