‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents

Joe Biden suggested this week that cannibals ate his ‘Uncle Bosie’ after his plane was shot down during the second world war over New Guinea.Joe Biden suggested this week that cannibals ate his ‘Uncle Bosie’ after his plane was shot down during the second world war over New Guinea.Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how “Uncle Bosie” had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war.

“The Melanesian group of people, who Papua New Guinea is part of, are a very proud people. And they would find this kind of categorisation very offensive. Not because someone says ‘oh there used to be cannibalism in PNG’ – yes, we know that, that’s a fact. About 79,000 US soldiers remain unaccounted following the second world war, Kabuni added. “They’re spread from south-east Asia to the Korean peninsula and Europe. What is implying? All 79,000 that were never found were eaten?”

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