Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Remains of missing World War II airman identified, will return home to Garland County
For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from World War II in Europe. Then, he was marked as unidentified for roughly 77 ...
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Missing World War II Airman's Letters Have Spoken for Him for Years. His Remains Were Finally Identified.
But that changed this week. On Monday, the Pentagon said that the remains of Rogers had been recovered, and identified in March. Next of kin are being notified and plans for a burial will be made, ...
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Identification of WWII airman Sidney Burke’s remains was ‘82 years in the making,’ nephew says
For almost all of Paul Hankin’s life, the circumstances surrounding the death of his uncle, Sidney Burke, who was killed while serving in World War II, were a mystery. “We thought we would never find ...
The Greenville News
Remains of missing Greenville WWII pilot identified after decades
The remains of a WWII fighter pilot from Greenville have been identified 80 years after his death. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Morton Sher was killed in a 1943 plane crash in China. A 2012 tip about ...