Jose Holguin was a member of the air crew of a Flying Fortress Bomber, normally piloted by Hal Winfrey. The crew earned a total of eleven Silver Stars and two Distinguished Service Crosses. On June 26, 1943, Winfrey was recovering from wounds in an earlier action and unable to fly, and William Sarsfield took the controls for what proved to be the crew’s final mission. All were missing in action and only Winfrey, who could not fly that mission, survived the war. The crews remains were recovered in 1982 and identified in 2001, some buried in a group burial at Arlington National Cemetery, and others in their home town.