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News 2 | Aug. 12, 2024

More than 80 years after he went missing in Romania, an American WWII airman has been honored.

By Ashley R. Williams

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.

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