Lt. William B. Montgomery flew a B-24 Liberator toward the British coast after it was hit in June 1944. Historians credit him for saving the lives of seven crew members.
Most Confederates were ultimately pardoned for the crime of treason against the United States. Decades later, the Army began honoring them in southern states.
A 20-year-old Army private disappeared after leaving Fort Benning in Georgia in 1982, officials said. Her remains were found nearly two months later on a logging road.