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Researchers identify remains of Army private killed in WWII

Pvt. Myron E. Williams, of Dixon, Illinois, served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division at the time of his death.

By Staff Reports

8 weeks ago

Back from the dead: Family believed WWII POW had been killed

Frank Hernandez had survived a shell hit in France that sent shrapnel into his hip and knee, bombs raining down around him as he hid in a Belgian cellar, and a bullet that struck his canteen while he lay trapped under machine gun fire in a German beet field.

By Vickie Aldous, The Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune via AP

5 years ago