The remains of a World War II airman found atop a California glacier have been identified as Leo Mustonen, 22, of Brainerd, Minn. Mustonen was one of four cadets killed when their AT-7 navigational trainer went off course and crashed during a training flight Nov. 18, 1942. Hikers in King County National Park discovered Mustonen’s remains partially frozen in a glacier last October. Once the body was recovered it was examine by military anthropologists to determine its identity. The other three servicemen remain missing.
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