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Hoosier Remains Returned From New Guinea

Last updated on Sunday, January 8, 2006

MONON—The remains of a White County man who vanished during World War II have been recovered in New Guinea.

19-year-old Army corporal Robert Raney of Monon was on a training flight that crashed in 1944.

The crew was preparing to invade Japan. Raney's remains will be buried with his family at the Monon cemetery.

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