WWII vets hope lake in Italy yields GIs' remains

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Last Updated : Sep 09 2013 | 2:20 PM IST
The discovery of a World War II amphibious vehicle on the bottom of an Italian lake is raising hopes among a group of American veterans that the remains of two dozen of their comrades will be found and possibly recovered for burial in the US.
The Italian volunteer organisation that found the truck on the bottom of Lake Garda last December believes it's the same one that sank in 1945, killing 24 of the 25 US soldiers aboard the open-topped vehicle known as a DUKW (duhk).
The bodies of the artillerymen from the 10th Mountain Division were never recovered from the alpine lake.
Veterans who fought in Italy in the war's waning days say they hope the US military will take steps to find and locate the soldiers' remains.
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First Published: Sep 09 2013 | 2:20 PM IST

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