Wwii Pilot Braved Storm to Fly Fuel to Allied Forces

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KETTERING -- World War II Army Air Corps Lt. Arthur F. Parkhurst, missing in action for 65 years until his remains were identified this summer, could be counted on for toughness in adversity.

He was only 20 when the cargo transport plane he piloted went down in a Philippines rain forest on March 12, 1945, but he'd already shown unusual grit as a youngster.

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Wwii Pilot Braved Storm to Fly Fuel to Allied Forces

He is to be buried today at Valley View Memorial Gardens in Xenia with full military honors, a ceremony following a decades-long journey from a World War II battlefield to advanced 21st century DNA testing, to a final resting place...

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