Lost in War, Remembered for Eight Decades — The Unforgettable Return of Alfred Langevin.

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Lost in War, Remembered for Eight Decades — The Unforgettable Return of Alfred Langevin.

2025/12/03 Report

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On a crisp autumn morning in November 2025, a small town in Massachusetts held its breath as a long-awaited flight touched down — carrying not luggage or tourists, but a name from the past: Alfred Thomas Langevin. 81 years ago, this young soldier vanished amid the forests and chaos of war; now, thanks to advances in DNA science, at last he has returned home.

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A Man Lost to Time, And a Family Left Waiting

Langevin, aged 29, was a grocery-store manager in East Weymouth before the war. In 1944, he joined the U.S. Army and was deployed to Europe with the 109th Infantry Regiment.

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