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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104646 [Title] => Wing, tire of WWII aircraft retrieved [Summary] => GUINTAS, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo  Fishermen retrieved a wing and a tire of a World War II aircraft in the waters between Guimaras and Iloilo, where Japanese and American forces engaged in heavy dogfights during the last war.
Local folk believe the parts belonged to an American plane which crashed following bombing raids on Japanese forces on Negros Island.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197707 [AuthorName] => by Leo Solinap [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104442 [Title] => Ex-WW II pilot embarks on emotional journey [Summary] => ILOILO CITY  After 56 years, former US World War II pilot Lt. Albert Franz, now 80, journeyed back to Guimaras, hoping to salvage the wreckage of his Douglas A-20 bomber plane named "Bug Eyes" which crashed off the island-province, and to meet the natives who helped him and his mate.
Franz and his family arrived in Guimaras last Wednesday and began visiting the areas where helpful Filipino guerrillas and Guimaras folk hid him and his gunner, Sgt. Eugene Stranz, for at least 15 days in January 1945 before they were rescued and returned to their unit in Leyte.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197707 [AuthorName] => by Leo Solinap [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
ALBERT FRANZ
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104646 [Title] => Wing, tire of WWII aircraft retrieved [Summary] => GUINTAS, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo  Fishermen retrieved a wing and a tire of a World War II aircraft in the waters between Guimaras and Iloilo, where Japanese and American forces engaged in heavy dogfights during the last war.
Local folk believe the parts belonged to an American plane which crashed following bombing raids on Japanese forces on Negros Island.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197707 [AuthorName] => by Leo Solinap [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104442 [Title] => Ex-WW II pilot embarks on emotional journey [Summary] => ILOILO CITY  After 56 years, former US World War II pilot Lt. Albert Franz, now 80, journeyed back to Guimaras, hoping to salvage the wreckage of his Douglas A-20 bomber plane named "Bug Eyes" which crashed off the island-province, and to meet the natives who helped him and his mate.
Franz and his family arrived in Guimaras last Wednesday and began visiting the areas where helpful Filipino guerrillas and Guimaras folk hid him and his gunner, Sgt. Eugene Stranz, for at least 15 days in January 1945 before they were rescued and returned to their unit in Leyte.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197707 [AuthorName] => by Leo Solinap [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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By by Leo Solinap | March 9, 2001 - 12:00am
By by Leo Solinap | February 12, 2001 - 12:00am
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