New controversy in the United States after the statements of Joe Biden, its president, during his visit to a war memorial in Scranton (Pennsylvania). The politician confessed that cannibals on the island of New Guinea could have eaten the body of his uncle, Second Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan, after his plane was taken during World War II. Some statements that have not gone unnoticed and that have been questioned.
“My Uncle Bosey was a great athlete. I was told when he was a kid and he became a member of the Army Air Corps. Before the Air Force came along, he flew those single-engine planes reconnaissance over war zones. He got shot down in New Guinea. And they never found the body because in that part of New Guinea there were many real cannibals,” Biden said in his appearance.
After these statements, the president has been in the spotlight, since US defense records disagree with Biden’s version. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Finnegan’s plane was forced to land in the ocean off the coast of New Guinea for unknown reasons, and was not shot down over land, as Biden said.
After this commotion, the White House had to intervene to clarify the situation, pointing out that Ambrose Finnegan lost his life when the military plane he was traveling in crashed in the Pacific, not on dry land. Despite everything, the White House spokesperson defended Biden, ensuring that it is very emotionally important for the president to be able to honor his uncle.
During his speech, Biden used his uncle’s story to highlight his support for veterans and distance himself from the position of his electoral rival, Donald Trump, who allegedly disparaged military dead in war. On the other hand, the military is of special importance to Biden, since he attributes the death of his son Beau, who died from brain cancer, to problems related to the military burning system used to incinerate waste. This is a new controversy that has generated a great stir in the North American country.
