Details: Frank Joseph "Frankie" Bloomer was a Navy seaman during World War II. His ship, the USS Rowan, was hit by a torpedo and sunk near Italy on September 11, 1943. When a photo of the ship's survivors was found by Frankie's mother, she believed one of the men in the photo was her son. She took the photo to a mortician who analyzed photographs, and it was determined that the man was most likely Frankie. When his mother died, Frankie's niece, along with other relatives, began searching for him.