FROZEN AIRMAN: AN AIRMAN'S PERSONAL EFFECTS ...

... mean little in light of eternity.

Scientists continue trying to identify the frozen airman at Hickam AFB in Hawaii ...

The airman's possessions, laid out on a table in a military lab, offer a glimpse of America circa 1942: a fountain pen, a black plastic comb, three badly damaged address books, and 51 cents in dimes, nickels and pennies, dated 1920 to 1942.

A neatly handwritten note tucked into one of the address books reveals the words "all the girls know," but the rest is deteriorated and illegible.

But only God knows now. In 1942 the young man probably wasn't much different than you. He might of thought he had all the answers.

But then again, maybe the note is an innocent thing ... referring to his sisters, perhaps it's a note from his father telling him his sisters know he's enlisted in the Army Air Corps.

So far they have determined the airman was in his early 20s and stood between 5-foot-9 and 6-2. He had light brown or sandy blond hair. X-rays showed many of his bones were broken. He wore an unopened parachute, a thermal undershirt under his uniform, and a sweater.

None of us know anything for certain, but God does.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

Hebrews 4:12-13

Frozen airman; MIA; Military; Rare coins; WWII