Although officially listed as “Missing in Action,” Lieutenant Stopa was confirmed “captured” by three of his fellow crewman who were also captured but released at the end of the war.
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Although officially listed as “Missing in Action,” Lieutenant Stopa was confirmed “captured” by three of his fellow crewman who were also captured but released at the end of the war.
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First Lieutenant Dewey Stopa (AFSN: AO-942467), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 29 January 1953, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.