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Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home

Recovery Seligman native Wilbur Mitts and fellow airmen Jay Manown and Anthony Di Petta were killed when their single-engine torpedo bomber was shot down while participating in Operation Forager, the

Pat Scannon BSCH '69 has devoted the last three decades to locating the remains of Americans missing in action and bringing closure to their families.

One of Diana Ward’s strongest memories from her childhood in Seaside is taking flowers to the ocean with her grandmother, somewhere between Lovers Point and Asilomar, she thinks, to be

(KSNF/KODE) — After four projects and two Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency investigations spanning across eight decades — the remains of a Missouri born Navy Sailor declared “killed in action” are not only found, but are being brought home for a dignified, yet long awaited burial. Roots In Rural Missouri Wilbur Archie Mitts was born in […]

Wing O Hom, 20, of Boston, an Army private, who went missing in action nearly 80 years ago, has finally been identified after his body was exhumed in Italy and sent to the US for testing last year.

Almost 80 years after Anthony Di Petta's plane was shot down by enemy fire in World War II and over 70 years after he was declared "non-recoverable," he's home.

(CNN) — Almost 80 years after Anthony Di Petta’s plane was shot down by enemy fire in World War II and over 70 years after he was declared “non-recoverable,” he’s

After almost 80 years, a World War II sailor's remains, which were once declared "non-recoverable" were returned to his New Jersey home.

The bombers pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, a former hotel clerk from Wichita, Kan., approached the target at an altitude of about 8,000 feet. His B-24 carried eight bombs, an array of heavy machine guns, and 10 other men.