WWII Medal of Honor recipient’s remains identified after 80 years

A U.S. soldier missing since WWII, Willibald Bianchi, a former Army captain from Minnesota, was accounted for by DPAA. Bianchi, a Medal of Honor recipient, cleared machine gun nests in the Philippines, was captured by Japan, and died in a ship sinking. His remains were found in Taiwan, identified through DNA tests, and will be buried in Minnesota in May.

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