<P> After the United States entered the war, Hollywood filmmaker Frank Capra included a brief account of Losey's death in Divide and Conquer, the third episode of his propaganda film series, Why We Fight, which he produced on behalf of the U.S. Army Signal Corps . </P> <P> Losey's remains are buried next to those of his mother, in the West Point Cemetery . </P> <P> The citizens of Dombås erected a monument in Losey's honor in 1987, with the following inscription: "In memory of Captain Robert Losey, USAAC killed in action at Dombås 21th (sic) April . The first american serviceman to give his life for his country in World War II ." </P> <P> In 1940 the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics established the Robert M. Losey Award in his memory . That honor, known since 1975 as the Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award, is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the atmospheric sciences as applied to the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics . </P>

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