Joe Biden surprises by claiming that his uncle was eaten by cannibals

The president Joe Biden caused astonishment when he insinuated that the cannibals on the island of New Guinea They could have eaten their uncle’s body after his plane was shot down during the Second World War.

O The White House and official records indicated Thursday that, as with many family legends, the facts do not match this story.

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Biden paid tribute to his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finneganafter visiting a war memorial during a campaign trip to the president’s hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvaniaon Wednesday.

The 81-year-old president, who was one year old when his uncle died in 1944, reached out to touch Finnegan’s name engraved on the monument.

His plane was “knocked down in New Guinea and they never found the body because there were a lot of cannibals, actually, in that part of New Guinea“Biden later told steelworkers in Pittsburgh.

He repeated this to reporters, adding that the plane was shot down “in an area where there were many cannibals in New Guinea”.

Their version differs from that of US defense records.

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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency states that Ambrose Finnegan’s plane was headed to New Guinea on a courier flight and was seen “forced to land in the ocean“off the coast of the island”for unknown reasons”.

The plane fell into the water and three crew members were unable to escape, while one survived and was rescued by a passing boat, it said on its website.

A search the following day found no trace of the missing plane or its crew, he added.

White House Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that Ambrose Finnegan “He lost his life when the military plane he was traveling in crashed into the Pacific after taking off near New Guinea.”, not on dry land.

But he defended Biden, saying he had been “incredibly emotional and important” so the president could honor his uncle.

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Biden “highlighted the story of his uncle” to show his support for veterans and mark a contrast with his electoral rival donald trumpwho allegedly belittled military personnel killed in the war, calling them “losers”When he was president, he said.

It’s an important issue for Biden, who places blame for his eldest son’s death Beautifulveteran of Iraq Warfor brain cancer, to the military burning system used to incinerate waste.

Historically, there have been cases of cannibalism in Papua New Guineathe Pacific nation that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, off the north coast of Australia.

Source: Elcomercio

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