2 families await word on body found in Sierra Nevada glacier

Four airmen died in a 1942 crash; two were from Ohio.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Two Ohio families that lost soldiers during a training flight in 1942 are hoping that the body of a World War II airman found this month in a Sierra Nevada glacier will end a mystery for one of them.
Mountain climbers found the airman's head and arm jutting out of the solid ice of the receding glacier in California's Kings Canyon National Park on Oct. 16. The body was flown Monday to Hickam Air Force Base on Oahu, Hawaii, where it is being examined at the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, which identifies the remains of lost soldiers.
The pilot of the plane was 2nd Lt. William A. Gamber, 23, of Fayette in Northwest Ohio.
"He just enjoyed every minute he was piloting his plane," said his sister, Millie Ewing, 92. "He loved being a pilot."
Those who have examined the frozen body say it has light hair. Ewing said her brother had dark hair, leaving her doubting that her brother's body was found.
Still, it's possible that his dark brown hair was bleached by the sun through the years, she said.
Blond brother
Jeanne Pyle said the remains may belong to her brother.
Pyle, 85, said her brother, Cadet Ernest Munn, of St. Clairsville, was a handsome, 6-foot-4 man with blond hair and blue eyes. He was among four airmen who died when their navigational training plane crashed in November 1942. None of the members of that flight were ever found.
Confirmation that the body is her brother would end a painful mystery that has lasted 63 years, said Pyle, who still lives near St. Clairsville, about 110 miles east of Columbus.
"It would be exciting, in a sad way," said Pyle, who recalled last seeing her brother at a party on his 21st birthday, days before he enlisted in the Army. "We've been living with an empty feeling for so long. It would be nice to finally resolve this."
Clues to work with
Forensic anthropologists have a lot to work with. The ice preserved the body's skin and muscle, as well as the man's green uniform.
Military officials said the identification process would take a minimum of weeks, possibly months.