Two years later , in 2007 , Stekel and a friend were in the area researching a book that Stekel is writing about the ill-fated flight . U.S. military identifies frozen remains as those of a World War II airman . The Pentagon says the remains are believed to be from Lt. Col. Robert L. Johnson, who was killed in action on March 6, 1945, when his plane crashed into Mount Sinjar while fighting against Iraqi forces. Hikers found the body in a Californian glacier last year . The body had long wavy hair and an unopened parachute lay nearby .
U.S. military identifies frozen remains as those of a World War II airman . The Pentagon says the remains are believed to be from Lt. Col. Robert L. Johnson, who was killed in action on March 6, 1945, when his plane crashed into Mount Sinjar while fighting against Iraqi forces. Hikers found the body in a Californian glacier last year . The body had long wavy hair and an unopened parachute lay nearby .