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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-of-american-soldier-captured-by-the-japanese-durin ^
| Sarah Kuta
Posted on 04/01/2025 2:17:55 PM PDT by Kartographer
An American soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for nearly 80 years after his death.
Last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that it had identified the remains of Glenn H. Hodak, a 23-year-old corporal in the United States Army Air Forces from Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Hodak was accounted for on September 25, 2024.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: armyairforce; cambridgesprings; genealogy; glennhhodak; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; hodak; japan; japs; mia; pennsylvania; pow; worldwareleven; worldwarii; ww2
To: Kartographer
Welcome Home Corporal Hodak and Thank You for your service.
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:22:27 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
To: Kartographer
Welcome Home Corporal Hodak and Thank You for your service. Amen!
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:26:08 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: Kartographer
A long interesting journey home. RIP
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:30:01 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
To: Kartographer
Is there a place for my hero in Arlington?
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:40:03 PM PDT
by
South Dakota
(Vance / Trump...2028 )
To: Kartographer
Crashed in a B-29
Captured and imprisoned in Tokyo
Killed during bombing by B-29 over Tokyo
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:57:30 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: South Dakota
Is there a place for my hero in Arlington?Yes and a burial with honors.
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posted on
04/01/2025 2:59:37 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: South Dakota
According to the article he will be buried in Spring Creek, PA sometime in May.
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posted on
04/01/2025 3:46:51 PM PDT
by
teacherwoes
(Our Lady of China, pray for us)
To: Kartographer
Yes.
So sad his family had to wait this long.
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posted on
04/01/2025 4:44:31 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(My long-time tagline has been removed and will be stored on my home page as it has proved true.)
To: Kartographer
Welcome Home Corporal Hodak and Thank You for your service. You were a handsome and courageous man who deserved to live and have a family of your own. Instead, you gave your life for our Country.
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posted on
04/01/2025 5:59:58 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
( )
To: Beowulf9
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posted on
04/01/2025 6:17:31 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
To: Kartographer
Rest in Peace Corporal Hodak, in your final resting place.
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posted on
04/01/2025 6:32:16 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
04/01/2025 7:56:25 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Kartographer
Welcome home, Corporal Hodak. May you be laid to rest here now. Hope your return brings some peace to your surviving family members.
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