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Mount Prospect pilot killed in WWII identified

March 30, 2013

A U.S. Army pilot from Mount Prospect who died in a crash in Papua, New Guinea, during World War II has been positively identified and will be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, April 3. Army 1st Lt. John E. Terpning's now properly identified remains have been returned to his family, nearly 69 years after he died and almost 40 after a Royal Australian...

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130330/news/703309922/
 
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