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THURSDAY, MAY 11
WWII U.S. Airmen Remains from Tibet Identified
Stars & Stripes reports on the identification of four crewmen of a C-46 which crashed in March 1944 in the Himalayas. The four airmen are scheduled to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery: pilot Capt. Douglas R. Wight of Westfield, N.J.; co-pilot 1st Lt. Herbert W. Evans of Rapid City S.D.; crew chief Cpl. John W. Hanlon of Arnett, Okla.; and radio operator Pfc. Gerald L. Rugers Jr., of Tacoma, Wash. China notified the U.S. in 2001 that the WWII wreckage had been found in Tibet. External Link: WWII Remains Identified After Discovery in Himalayas.

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