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Remains of a WWII heavy bomber gunner identified nearly 80 years after his death
AP ^ | Updated 2:51 PM CST, November 27, 2023

Posted on 11/27/2023 10:10:15 PM PST by Kartographer

A U.S. Army Air Force gunner’s remains have been accounted for nearly eight decades after the heavy bomber he was flying in was shot down over France during World War II, military officials said Monday.

Staff Sgt. Franklin P. Hall, 21, of Leesburg, Florida, was identified in July by scientists who used anthropological and DNA analysis, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; florida; france; genealogy; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; worldwareleven; ww2; wwii
Welcome home Staff Sgt. Franklin P. Hall.

Lest we forget your service and your sacrifice.

1 posted on 11/27/2023 10:10:15 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

makes me sad to lose so many young men, just starting their lives out, to these continuous wars....I am beginning to believe that all wars are started and paid for by the same people for some financial reason, and our guys are just fodder....


2 posted on 11/27/2023 10:22:42 PM PST by cherry
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To: Kartographer

thank you, Staff Sgt. Hall.


3 posted on 11/27/2023 10:37:56 PM PST by dadfly ( )
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To: cherry

It can look that way, but that isn’t how the world works. Both the European and Pacific portions of the Second World War have very distinct and specific causes, neither of which are attributable to a shadowy cabal.

Adolf Hitler was brutally honest about what he was going to do.

The Militarist faction in the Japanese Army, which effectively controlled Japan, and drove both the Occupation of Manchuria and the invasion of China, also did not hide their vision of dominating Asia.


4 posted on 11/28/2023 3:28:43 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Kartographer

RIP. The Hall family can now have some kind of closure.


5 posted on 11/28/2023 4:19:37 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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cherry wrote: “I am beginning to believe that all wars are started and paid for by the same people for some financial reason, and our guys are just fodder....”

so who paid Hitler to start WWII?


6 posted on 11/28/2023 4:44:08 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: DugwayDuke; cherry
And while we're at it, who paid Kim Il Sung to invade South Korea and initiate the Korean War?

Or Ho Chi Minh to invade South Vietnam and start the Vietnam War?

Or Osama bin Laden to kill 3,000 innocent Americans and start the murder and mayhem in the Muslim East?

Damn fruitcakes...

7 posted on 11/28/2023 5:34:48 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: Chainmail

And now there is Russia attacking Ukraine and Hamas invading Israel allegedly due to GlobalHomoDeepStateNAZIfascist provocation. So by attacking, invading, killing and conquering other peoples and nations the belligerents will supposedly defeat

-Globalists
-Homosexuals
-The Deep State
-Nazis
-Fascists

Unfortunately for them they left out The Dirty Bubble so their efforts are doomed to failure.


8 posted on 11/28/2023 6:09:55 AM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Kartographer

May your soul be blessed, Staff Sgt. Hall.

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9 posted on 11/28/2023 7:44:00 AM PST by gloryblaze
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10 posted on 11/28/2023 11:46:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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