{"id":15751,"date":"2025-03-27T17:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/airman-who-was-shot-down-imprisoned-in-japan-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:25:06","slug":"airman-who-was-shot-down-imprisoned-in-japan-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/airman-who-was-shot-down-imprisoned-in-japan-during-world-war-ii-accounted-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Airman who was shot down, imprisoned in Japan during World War II accounted for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn H. Hodak, 23, was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron in the 19th Bombardment group in March 1945, the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpaa.mil\/News-Stories\/ID-Announcements\/Article\/4135429\/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-hodak-g\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a news release<\/a>. Hodak, of Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, was a gunner aboard a B-29 &#8220;Superfortress&#8221; aircraft. These planes had multiple machine guns, held over 20,000 pounds of bombs and were especially suited to fly to Japan from bases in China during World War II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/196252\/boeing-b-29-superfortress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the National Museum of the United States Air Force<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hodak&#8217;s plane was shot down while on a mission to Tokyo. He was initially reported as missing in action, the DPAA said, but investigators learned he had been captured after the plane was taken down. He was taken to the Tokyo Military Prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/27\/64d11611-baed-43c5-b761-5d9daa21ccf2\/thumbnail\/620x857\/f738dbb22f8a2cb32cac6c9ecd1aa494\/screenshot-2025-03-27-at-10-34-30-am.png?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-03-27-at-10-34-30-am.png \" height=\"857\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/27\/64d11611-baed-43c5-b761-5d9daa21ccf2\/thumbnail\/620x857\/f738dbb22f8a2cb32cac6c9ecd1aa494\/screenshot-2025-03-27-at-10-34-30-am.png?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291 1x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn H. Hodak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In late May 1945, U.S. aircraft heavily bombed Tokyo, causing huge fires and burning hundreds of structures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/05\/26\/forensic-teams-work-identify-remains-of-american-pows-killed-tokyo-firebombing-during-world-war-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to Military.com<\/a>. One of the destroyed buildings was the Tokyo Military Prison. Hodak was among the service members being held there at the time. None of the people imprisoned at the facility survived the blaze, Military.com reported. They were buried in a mass grave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The American Graves Registration Service disinterred 65 sets of remains from the prison in early 1946, after World War II ended. The service was able to identify 25 sets of remains. One was a Japanese person, the DPAA said. The 39 unidentified sets of remains were interred as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the sets of remains were disinterred again and sent to the DPAA laboratory for analysis. In 2024, the DPAA launched the Tokyo Prison Fire Project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dodpaa\/photos\/forensicfriday-sciencethe-tokyo-prison-fire-project-aims-to-identify-american-se\/736013328708491\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a social media post<\/a>, the agency said the project &#8220;faces considerable forensic challenges due to the burned and fragmentary condition of the remains and extreme commingling.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"screenshot-2025-03-27-at-10-34-22-am.png \" height=\"422\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/27\/31954bfd-8579-4412-94f6-9e6649dab8e3\/thumbnail\/620x422\/3b441cb8e4ed9496b9f3156a09cfb688\/screenshot-2025-03-27-at-10-34-22-am.png?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291 1x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An archival photo of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn H. Hodak&#8217;s B-29 &#8220;Superfortress&#8221; after it was shot down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/memorial-day-fallen-soldier-identified-marcus-engesser\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">identify Hodak&#8217;s remains<\/a><\/span>, DPAA scientists used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence, the agency said. DNA sequencing has also been used to identify service members who died at the prison, the DPAA said on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency has had recent success accounting for Americans from the Tokyo Prison Fire. We have accounted for two service members thus far for this project,&#8221; the agency told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hodak&#8217;s surviving family members have been informed that his remains have been accounted for, the DPAA said. He will be buried in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, in May.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry Breen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University&#8217;s Arthur L. 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