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    LAST USAAF MEDAL OF HONOR

    Oct 30, 2018 3 minutes
    BY JON GUTTMAN

    In October 2017, researchers from the town of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana in Italy and Luca Merli of the archeological group Air Crash Po discovered aircraft debris on Mount Giovarello in the Apennines. A local resident who had witnessed the airplane crash and the recovery of the pilot’s remains in 1945 directed the team members to a rough, wooded area, where they collected parts of the wings, main landing gear and engine as well as many .50-caliber shells. Research revealed the scattered pieces to be from

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