WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- Nine U.S. airmen missing in action during World War II have been identified, the U.S. Defense Department said.
Their remains were returned to their families for burial with full military honors, the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced in a release this week.
The nine and their home towns include 2nd Lt. Hugh L. Johnson Jr., Montgomery, Ala.; 2nd Lt. Byron L. Stenen, Northridge, Calif.; 2nd Lt. John F. Green, Watertown, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. John M. Meisner, Pembroke, Mass.; Staff Sgt. Walter Knudsen, Sioux City, Iowa; Cpl. John A. DeCarlo, Newark, N.J.; Cpl. Robert E. Raney, Monon, Ind.; Cpl. William G. Mohr, Mt. Wolf, Pa.; and Cpl. Michael J. Pushkar, Mahanoy City, Pa.
On Oct. 9, 1944, the crew took off on a training mission from Nadzab, New Guinea, in their B-24D Liberator and was never seen again. In early 2002, two dog tags belonging to crew members were found by villagers in Morobe Province.
