U.S. Identifies Nine Missing Airmen From World War II
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) says it has identified nine servicemen missing in action (MIA) from World War II. 1st Lt. William M. Hafner, Norfolk, Va.; 2nd Lt. Arthur C. Armacost, III, Cincinnati, Ohio; 2nd Lt. David R. Eppright, Warrensburg, Mo.; 2nd Lt. Charles F. Feucht, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; Technical Sgt. Raymond S. Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas; Technical Sgt. Alfred W. Hill, Temple, Okla.; Technical Sgt. James G. Lascelles, New York, N.Y.; Staff Sgt. William C. Cameron, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Staff Sgt. Wilburn W. Rozzell, Duncan, Okla; will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. According to the Pentagon, all nine were with the 63rd Bombardment Squadron, 43 Bombardment Group, and took off in a B-24 Liberator from for a reconnaissance mission over the Bismark Sea in 1943. That was the last time anyone saw them.
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