More than 80 years after he went missing in Romania, an American WWII airman has been honored
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A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently honored at an American cemetery abroad.
A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently honored at an American cemetery abroad, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission. United States Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Stanley J. Samoski, who went unaccounted for until February 2024, was recognized with a bronze rosette placed next to his name on the Wall of the Missing at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia, the commission said in a news release Thursday. US Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, Joey R. Hood, placed the rosette on the wall where 3,724 names are engraved to signify Samoski is now among the soldiers who have been recovered and identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced last month Samoski was accounted for, according to a news release from the agency. Samoski, who was from New Hampshire, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery at a yet-to-be-announced date, the American Battle Monuments Commission said. On August 1, 1943, the airman was serving with 334th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group in the ninth Air Force when the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which he was a bombardier crashed, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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