Monday, October 24, 2011

Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington

Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington
October 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Friday that the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
The Department of Defense said in a news release that the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin in April 1944 when their B-24J Liberator aircraft crashed near East Meitze, Germany. There were no survivors.
Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop of Joliet, Ill.
2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, Jr. of Pittsburgh
2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess of Sioux City, Iowa
2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce, of Fort Bragg, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso, of Philadelphia
Staff Sgt. Ralph L. McDonald of East Point, Ga.
Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle of Oakland, Calif.
Sgt. James T. Blong of Port Washington, Wis.
Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo of Cleveland
Sgt. John J. Harringer, Jr. of South Bend, Ind.
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