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Remains of fallen WWII lieutenant returned to Massachusetts
Fallen Lt. Alfred Pezzella is back home in Massachusetts. His remains were brought back to Massachusetts on Friday night, eighty years after his plane was shot down over Romania.
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DNA helps ID remains of Newton airman shot down in WWII
The remains of a World War II veteran killed when his bomber was shot down on a mission targeting oil fields near Romania have been identified. U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Alfred Pezzella of Newton, Massachusetts was serving as the bombardier of a B-24 Liberator bomber on Aug. 1, 1943, when the plane was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire...
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Nearly 80 years after going MIA in WWII, US soldier from Boston accounted for
A U.S. Army soldier from Massachusetts reported missing in action while his unit was involved in fighting against German forces in Italy during World War II has been accounted for, the military said. The remains of Pvt. Wing O. Hom, of Boston, were identified in April using both anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced...
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Remains of Fallen WWII Soldier Identified Nearly 80 Years After His Death
The family of a fallen World War II hero from New York City can finally get a bit of closure, after the soldier’s remains were identified nearly 80 years after he died during the war.