Nine missing U.S. airmen from World War II have been identified by the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO).

The Pentagon says 2nd Lt. Hugh L. Johnson Jr., Montgomery, Ala.; 2nd Lt. Byron L. Stenen, Northridge, Calif.; 2nd Lt. John F. Green, Watertown, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. John M. Meisner, Pembroke, Mass.; Staff Sgt. Walter Knudsen, Sioux City, Iowa; Cpl. John A. DeCarlo, Newark, N.J.; Cpl. Robert E. Raney, Monon, Ind.; Cpl. William G. Mohr, Mt. Wolf, Pa.; and Cpl. Michael J. Pushkar, Mahanoy City, Pa; will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

The crew went missing in October 1944, when they took off from Nadzab, New Guinea, in their B-24D Liberator. Military officials at the time suspected poor weather caused a crash.