In January 2025, a huge undertaking was realized by Rebel Joan Of Arc Member, ANITA STEVENS for her years of work to get recognition for her MIA Cousin:
PFC Carl Hammit Hudson, in the Korean War. After countless trips to Washington DC, and joining other groups for the search of remains of their Loved Ones, ANITA’S efforts were realized to get the recognition of her Family’s MIA Cousin, by the rules and regulations for “Remembrance” by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Texas Division UDC Officer of Military Service Awards, SANDRA GIARRUSSO, traveled to the Rebel Joan Of Arc Chapter in The Woodlands,Texas, for their Formal Ceremony of Bestowal to the Thorne/Stevens Family for their MIA Loved one. The Ceremony was held and commemorated Posthumously within the Rebel Joan Of Arc 2721 Chapter, by RJOA Officer Of Military Service Awards, CYNTHIA CONNORS:
US Air Force Retired.
The Chapter and Family: Jim Stevens & Eric Bostwick were present for the Ceremony.
Carl Hammit Hudson was born on July 21. 1932, in Pine Grove, Louisiana. Carl and his family moved around and he never finished High School, but enlisted in the Army on April 30, 1948. He specialized in weapons training with rifles, carbines, machine guns, rifle grenades and hand held grenades. He excelled as a sharpshooter.
PFC Hudson arrived in Pusan, South Korea on July 32, 1950 as a member of one of the first troops to depart the US for duty in Korea, Carl was lost at some point during the desperate fighting on August 31, and September 1, 1950.
PFC Carl Hammit Hudson is memorialized on the Tables of the Missing at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii and at the Korean Monument in Washington DC.
RJOA and Family Cousin: ANITA STEVENS reflected:
Ever since I was old enough to understand Carl’s MIA status, I have felt a special kinship to him. Even though we never saw each other or spoke to each other, he is a very much part of me and is forever memorialized in my heart…
Submitted by RJOA Chairman of Public Relations:
Elaine Collings, ehcollings@gmail.com
Photo Committee: Shelia Williamson
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