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81 years after he died in World War II, a young aviator comes home
For many years after 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. was killed in World War II, his parents kept his empty bedroom like a shrine ...
World War II bomber crash left 11 dead. Four are finally coming home.
All 11 men aboard the bomber were killed. Their remains, deep below the sea, were designated as non-recoverable. That changed ...
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B-24 Liberator: The Forgotten World War II Bomber
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B-24 offered ...
WWII Soldiers Finally Return Home Decades After Being Declared 'Non-Recoverable'
The remains of four American World War II soldiers, whose plane was shot down by enemy fire in 1944 and crashed off the ...
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Crystal Falls resident shares story of her long-lost uncle, a World War II combat bombardier
Crystal Falls resident Brenda Bergman comes from a military family, and five of her relatives — including her father, her ...
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WWII Veteran’s Remains Returned Home
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., a 22-year-old Livermore resident and World War II bombardier, was shot down over Hansa ...
Washington County World War II veteran identified 81 years after disappearance
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that a Washington County World War II veteran has been positively ...
WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and ‘non-recoverable.’ Four are finally coming home
As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...
Military Times10d
World War II bomber crash left 11 dead. Four are finally coming home.
(Heather Khalifa/AP) The plane’s bombardier, 2nd Lt ... Althaus asked his mother for names of relatives who died in World War II. Althaus, a political science and communications professor ...