Remains of Indiana soldier killed during World War II identified
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The remains of a U.S soldier who died in France during World War II have been identified and will return home to be buried, officials said Tuesday.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Leonard E. Adams, of Dana, Indiana, were accounted for on July 20, 2022.
According to the DPAA, in January of 1945, Adams was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with the paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines into occupied France. A single moment captured by an Army photographer became the most enduring image of America's greatest military operation.