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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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American military mission in Poland searches for graves of 500 WWII airmen and POWs who died there. Led by Lt. Col. Hawthorne Davis, they have located 37 graves in two months, with full task expected in six.
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WARSAW — (UP) — An American military mission is in Poland seeking the burial places of about 500 American airmen and prisoners of war who died on Polish soil.
The task of finding, registering and eventually removing American dead from Poland to the United States is being directed by Lt. Col. Hawthorne Davis, of the American graves registration section, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Davis reports that the mission has found in two months the graves of 37, mostly airmen shot down by the Germans during bombing missions. He estimated the mission's work would require six months.
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37 graves found out of approximately 500 american airmen and prisoners of war
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An American military mission in Poland is seeking burial places of about 500 American airmen and prisoners of war who died on Polish soil. Directed by Lt. Col. Hawthorne Davis of the American graves registration section in Karlsruhe, Germany, the mission has found 37 graves in two months, mostly airmen shot down by Germans during bombing missions. The work is estimated to require six months.