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Offutt lab identifies 2 WWII airmen killed 80 years ago by SS after bailing out over Germany

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A ceremony was held for the unidentifiable remains of the USS Oklahoma from Pearl Harbor. The remains will be transported to Hawaii, where a group burial is planned.

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Twenty-four thousand feet above Germany’s Rhine River valley, the nine-man crew of the B-17G shivered as the winter deep-freeze pierced the bomber’s unheated cabin.

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Sgt. Homer Nyberg (standing, wearing sunglasses) is shown with a 368th Bombardment Squadron air crew before he went missing over Germany on Dec. 29, 1944. The other airmen pictured were not part of the crew of the crashed B-17.

DEFENSE POW, MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY

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DEFENSE POW, MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY

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Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, in his flight uniform. This portrait was hung in his parents' house long after he died Dec. 29, 1944, in what we now know was a war crime.

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Rene Zielinski, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, takes notes during an archaeological dig for three missing U.S. airmen at a German cemetery in 2022. 

JONATHAN MCELDERRY, DPAA

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Luigi Lawrence of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency takes part in an archaeological dig in 2022 at a cemetery in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, in search of three missing U.S. airmen from World War II. 

JONATHAN MCELDERRY, DPAA

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Photos: POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park

Fred Tisdale speaks during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

NIKOS FRAZIER THE WORLD-HERALD

Member of American Legion Post 1 salute during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

NIKOS FRAZIER THE WORLD-HERALD

American Legion Post 1 members Dave Smith, left, and Doc Hollaway, right, salute after placing a POW/MIA flag during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Lennie Roth, places a red rose on the "missing man" table as Tom Kane and Dave Smith stand at right, during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dave Smith rings a bell during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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A POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony is held in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dr. Franklin Damann, Director, Offutt Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agenxy, speaks during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dr. Franklin Damann, Director, Offutt Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agenxy, speaks during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dr. Franklin Damann, Director, Offutt Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agenxy, speaks during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Paul Taylor, American Legion Post 1, watches on during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dick Silvernail of Omaha places a wreath during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Dan Flacon, retired 1st Sgt and president of the Heartland Airborne Memorial Association, carries a wreath to be placed during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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American Legion Post 1 members fire a 21-gun salute during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Joel Edwards performs taps during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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Will Green sings the national anthem during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Memorial Park in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The annual ceremony is held to honor and remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action in past wars.

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