U.S. ID's remains of WWII soldier from iconic "Merrill's Marauders"
The United States military announced Wednesday that it has identified the remains of a soldier who belonged to the iconic "Merrill's Marauders" unit during World War II, more than 80 years after his disappearance.
Joseph Gala, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was declared killed in action on July 14, 1944, two months after he went missing during a mission in what was then Burma, now Myanmar, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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