Bring Sconiers Home            

Above is the Lubin, Poland memorial dedicated to Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers and other Allies of WWII.  Sconiers is the only American buried in Lubin.

PURPOSE

Now that the work of DPMO is essentially complete, the goal of this website is to mobilize all available resources to work with and through the United States Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Command (JPAC) to expedite the excavation of Sconiers' burial site and return him to America for burial next to his mother in his hometown of DeFuniak Springs, Florida. 

Another aim of the website is to enlist support, documentation, information, and networking so that Sconiers' remarkable story might be fully, accurately, and honorably told, as well as the story of the unrelenting, passionately committed DPMO and volunteer researchers in the U. S. and abroad who surely were enlisted by Destiny in a bizarre sequence of events to lead Sconiers home.

Finally, Sconiers' family hopes to inspire the families of some 35,000 "recoverable" WWII soldiers to work with DPMO and JPAC to ensure that all of freedom's fighters' deserving stories are told. 

          Who We Are

This website has been established by nieces of Ewart Sconiers-- "The 3 Ps"--Pamela (Official Next of Kin/Personnel Authorized to Direct Disposition), Paige, and Paula.  It is supported by Pamela's daughter Kenna, Ewart's niece Anita and her daughter Darrith, and Ewart's nephew Glenn.  The 3 Ps' quest to recover their uncle is dedicated to their beloved father, Kenneth David Sconiers. October 21, 2008 marked the 66th anniversary of the day Sconiers' B-17 was shot down and he was taken captive, After friends' inquiries about her uncle emerged while visiting the U. S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, and completely by chance that anniversary day, Pamela "Googled" her uncle and was flung into the middle of his unfinished story.  Sconiers' mother Maude, brother Kenneth, and sister Glennis died absolutely convinced Ewart had been shot while imprisoned and thrown in a mass grave, never to be found.  The Google search engine produced inquiries about Sconiers from a Polish researcher and an American living in Poland.  Within 24 hours of Pamela's email response to the inquiries from Poland, her life dramatically changed.  She was stunned to learn that DPMO had reopened her uncle's case in 2006, that he had been formally buried by comrades, that his burial site likely has been found, and that there is an international team of people diligently working to keep America's promise that he rest in peace at home.  Within 36 hours, Sconiers' burial photos had been authenticated.  Sent then as an email attachment but held as originals by the family for decades, Pamela soon learned the names of all the American comrades pictured at her uncle's burial.  Because of the formality of the burial scene, the foreign-looking attire of those present, the Swastika evident on wreath ribbons, and Sconiers' "unrecoverable" status, Pamela's family always believed the photos were contrived by Germans to appease grieving families after the war.  Within 24 more hours Pamela was privileged to speak by phone with two of the men pictured, Lt. Gen. Albert P. Clark and Milton Stenstrom (both of whom are now deceased).  Destiny does have her way of making a point.  Pamela has now joined DPMO and the international team in the quest, visited Stalag Luft III and her uncle's gravesite in the town of Lubin, Poland, and is writing a book to share her uncle's incredible story, as well as that of DPMO and repatriation's other unsung heroes.