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On February 3, 1945, Nando Cavalieri took off on a perilous mission. A 24-year-old bombardier in the U.S. Army, he was born in Eveleth, on Minnesota’s Iron Range. That night his commanding officer assigned him to lead a squadron of 1,000 B17 Flying Fortress bombers over Berlin. His plane was named “Yankee Gal.” Just ten seconds after he dropped the bomber’s payload, anti-aircraft fire cut his “Yankee Gal” in half. "There were no parachutes seen coming out,” said his nephew, Art Cavalieri. “There were no survivors." Ever since Cavalieri was declared missing in action, his family has searched for him: first his parents, then his uncle, then his nephew. And now, improbably, more than 77 years after being killed in action, Cavalieri’s remains have been positively identified through advances in modern science and the determination of the military and his family.
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