Search for clues to identify airman found in ice

Forensic scientists at the Pentagon's office for missing soldiers are seeking to identify the body of a Second World War airman found in a California glacier last month.

Forensic scientists at the Pentagon's office for missing soldiers are seeking to identify the body of a Second World War airman found in a California glacier last month.

The Hawaii-based experts have spent the last few weeks meticulously examining his bones, taking DNA samples, and studying his teeth to learn who he was and when he died.

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