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Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII US flyer

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The U.S. military carries the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand to a waiting C-17 during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, Thailand. The possible human remains were found at a crash site in a rice field in northern Thailand by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and were sent to Hawaii where they will be tested to see if they belong to a U.S. pilot who went missing in 1944.
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POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP

Team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sift through dirt on the wet-screen station alongside local workers during an excavation operation in in Lampang province, Thailand, on March 2.
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POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP

Personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency talk about The National League of Families POW/MIA flag to local Thai workers during excavation operations in Lampang province, Thailand, on Feb. 16.
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POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP

Freddie Smith, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency life support investigator, searches for loose metal at an excavation site in Lampang province, Thailand, on Feb. 15.
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The U.S. military salutes the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, Thailand.
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The U.S. military carries the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand to a waiting C-17 during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, Thailand.
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U.S. military members drape a national flag over the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, Thailand.
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A U.S. Army soldier carries the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand during a repatriation ceremony on Wednesday at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, Thailand.
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POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP

Team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sift through dirt on the wet-screen station alongside local workers during an excavation operation in Lampang province, Thailand, on March 2.

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Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII U.S. airman