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Finding the fallen[MIA's lost over Papua New Guinea]
Boston Globe ^
| 01 June 2008
| Boston Globe
Posted on 06/03/2008 4:08:06 PM PDT by BGHater
During World War II, more than 2,000 American pilots and crew members were lost over Papua New Guinea. Now a Pentagon team is trying to bring them home.
What is it?The Pentagon launched the mission of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) on Oct. 1, 2003, to recover the remains of tens of thousands of MIAs from foreign wars. The organization, which identifies six missing servicemen each month on average, utilizes the largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world and 15 teams that travel the globe on recovery missions. This is the story of one such recovery mission in Papua New Guinea.
Where is it?
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: jpac; mia; military; newguinea
Great coverage and info from the Globe. Worth checking out.
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posted on
06/03/2008 4:08:07 PM PDT
by
BGHater
To: BGHater; glock rocks
This is more than just Bazaar! While shopping at Costco this morning I was looking at a new Coffee from...Papua New Guinea.
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posted on
06/03/2008 4:18:46 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: BGHater
Two thousand brave Americans lost in one small Pacific theater of battle alone!
I am in tears and awed by their sacrifice.
I flew helicopters in Vietnam; we didn’t face those kinds of daily odds of not coming back, or it didn’t seem like it.
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posted on
06/03/2008 4:57:34 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
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