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FRESNO, Calif. — Two climbers on a Sierra Nevada (search) glacier discovered an ice-encased body believed to be that of an airman whose plane crashed in 1942. The man was wearing a World War II-era (search) U.S. Army Corps parachute when his frozen head, shoulder and arm were spotted on 13,710-foot Mount Mendel (search) in Kings Canyon National Park, park spokeswoman Alex Picavet said Wednesday. --snip-- "We're not going to go fast," she said. "We want to preserve him as much as possible. He's the serviceman may have been part of the crew of an AT-7 navigational training plane that...

KFSN-TV/DT abc30.com October 18, 2005 World War II Airman Found Frozen in Glacier October 18, 2005 - It was a plane crash back in 1942 that wasn't discovered until 1947. Now, hikers made a frozen discovery in connection with a World War II plane crash. Hikers found the frozen body of an airman while scaling Mount Mendel Glacier in the Sequoia National Park. Now, the military is working to find out who this airman is and whether he was ever reported missing. It's believed the airman has been frozen in the glacier for decades until a pair of climbers got...

The body found last month in a glacier east of Fresno belongs to an airman killed in a 1942 plane crash at Kings Canyon National Park, military officials confirmed Wednesday. Scientists identified a name on the nearly obliterated tag attached to the uniform on the body, said the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, the military unit in charge of recovering and identifying the remains of lost soldiers. "The name on the badge matches a name they also found on the clothing," said Army Maj. Rumi Nielson-Green. The body belongs to one of four servicemen aboard an AT-7 training flight from Mather...