Remains of WWII airman identified nearly 80 years after his death
Military authorities say Tech. Sgt. James Howie, an Army Air Force member from Illinois, was identified using DNA testing nearly eight decades after he was killed during World War II.
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Military authorities say Tech. Sgt. James Howie, an Army Air Force member from Illinois, was identified using DNA testing nearly eight decades after he was killed during World War II.
The remains of a Chester, Illinois, native killed in combat during World War II will be interred in his hometown next month.
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Eighty years ago American service members were engrossed in a great conflict pitting the United States and its Allies
After 80 years, a southern Illinois airman who was listed as missing in action is coming home.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott's remains were officially accounted for on Feb. 8.