My name is Jan Cornelis de Mik,

I was born in Rotterdam in 1951.

I have been working closely with Peter Zabel for some time now, as it turned out that our interests in the field of search run parallel.

I primarily search for (missing) soldiers of all nationalities from the First and Second World Wars. After finding the soldier, I search for his family to deliver the good news.

Most of my searches concern soldiers whose dog tags were found on the former battlefields of the First World War, near Verdun.
Two of my friends, Maarten Otte and Marc Calluy, who live in the villages of Nantillois and Montfaucon, regularly find dog tags in the fields and forests.
They send me a clear picture of the dog tag and then I will begin a search.

For example, I have already (successfully) searched for German, French, Belgian and American soldiers.

I also found Dutch forced laborers and their families.

The reason for my search lies in the fact that I want to try to transform the sorrow of the past into a little bit of joy in the present.

Here are the results:

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