Experts Examine WWII Airman's Frozen Body
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Frenso, California (US):
As soon as they were notified that the frozen body of a World War II airman was found in the Sierra Nevada, forensic experts at Hawaii's Joint Prisoner of War Accounting Command began working to solve a 60-year-old mystery.
Paul Emanovsky, a forensic anthropologist and a mountain climber, flew to California to join a National Park Service team excavating the body from an isolated mountainside in Kings Canyon National Park.
The body was chipped from the 13,710-foot Mount Mendel on Wednesday and flown to the Fresno County coroner's office, still encased in hundreds of pounds of ice.
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After the body is released by the coroner, it will probably be flown to the JPAC Central Identification Lab at Hickam Air Force Base early next week.
Little is known about the man, who was still wearing his Army-issued parachute and sweater when climbers found him Sunday in the Sierra Nevada wilderness, with head and arm jutting out of solid ice.A team of forensic pathologists began melting the ice with cold water Thursday to bring out the body without damage.
So far a picture is emerging of a fair-haired man in an Army uniform who suffered broken bones when his aircraft crashed in the wilderness.
Forensic experts said soft tissues such as skin and muscle have been well-preserved, as well as the man's sun-bleached hair and his uniform, which identifies him as a World-War II-era serviceman.
Oct 23, 2005
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Frenso, California (US):
As soon as they were notified that the frozen body of a World War II airman was found in the Sierra Nevada, forensic experts at Hawaii's Joint Prisoner of War Accounting Command began working to solve a 60-year-old mystery.
Paul Emanovsky, a forensic anthropologist and a mountain climber, flew to California to join a National Park Service team excavating the body from an isolated mountainside in Kings Canyon National Park.
The body was chipped from the 13,710-foot Mount Mendel on Wednesday and flown to the Fresno County coroner's office, still encased in hundreds of pounds of ice.
__________________________________
See Other Reports:
- Frozen Airman May Have Been From St. C Area
- Frozen Airman May Be Listed on Calif. Tomb
- Body may be brother she lost in 1942
- Forensic Experts Work To Identify Frozen Airman
After the body is released by the coroner, it will probably be flown to the JPAC Central Identification Lab at Hickam Air Force Base early next week.
Little is known about the man, who was still wearing his Army-issued parachute and sweater when climbers found him Sunday in the Sierra Nevada wilderness, with head and arm jutting out of solid ice.A team of forensic pathologists began melting the ice with cold water Thursday to bring out the body without damage.
So far a picture is emerging of a fair-haired man in an Army uniform who suffered broken bones when his aircraft crashed in the wilderness.
Forensic experts said soft tissues such as skin and muscle have been well-preserved, as well as the man's sun-bleached hair and his uniform, which identifies him as a World-War II-era serviceman.
Oct 23, 2005
