Connecticut airman identified 70 years after WWII crash

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The remains of a World War II airman from Connecticut have been identified more than seven decades after his plane was shot down over Burma. Staff Sgt. Frank Tedone, one of eight crew members aboard a B-24J Liberator that crashed in 1943, will finally be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Tedone's remains were among those buried in a mass grave at the crash site and recovered in 1947. Unable to be identified at the time, the remains were sent to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, where they were interred as unknown soldiers. Tedone's family recently requested DNA testing on the eight sets of remains. The results confirmed Tedone's identity, bringing closure to a decades-long mystery for his family. The re-interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery will be scheduled at a later date. "