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Kamaji:
WWII sailor remains returned to NJ nearly 80 years after battle crash

By Angela Barbuti
July 8, 2023

After almost 80 years, a World War II sailor’s remains once declared “non-recoverable” were returned to his New Jersey home.

Anthony Di Petta, a Nutley, N.J., resident who served as a US Navy aviation ordnanceman during World War II, was brought home on Friday, the Department of Defense said.

The 24-year-old’s plane was shot down by enemy fire in September 1944 while he was on a mission in the Western Pacific.

The plane was conducting air strikes against enemy targets in Malakal Naval District, Palau Islands, when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

The Grumman TBM-1c Avenger was last seen spinning violently at 5,000 feet.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/wwii-sailor-from-njs-remains-returned-after-nearly-80-years/

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rangerrebew:
Remains of WWII soldier from Boston identified after 79 years
By Alyssa Guzman
July 12, 2023 6:16pm  Updated

Wing O Hom
Wing O Hom, 20, of Boston, an Army private, who went missing in action nearly 80 years ago, has finally been identified after his body was exhumed in Italy and sent to the US for testing last year.
 
An Army private, who went missing in action nearly 80 years ago, has finally been identified after his body was exhumed in Italy and sent to the US for testing last year.

Wing O Hom, 20, of Boston, was serving in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division when he was reported missing on Feb. 2, 1944, in Cisterna di Latina, roughly 45 miles outside of Rome, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

His body wasn’t discovered until 1946 in Ponte Rotto, three miles from Cisterna di Latina, by the American Graves Registration Company.

He was found with no identification and was transferred to the Central Identification Point in Nettuno.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/remains-of-wwii-soldier-wing-o-hom-identified-after-79-years/

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