Finding the fallen
Over half a century has passed, but thousands of WWII U.S. servicemen and women still remain unaccounted for.
In the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a chain of islands north of Australia, a Pentagon team of forensic anthropologists searches even today for the wreckage of over 2,000 downed U.S. fighter pilots who were embroiled in the Pacific Theater struggle against the Japanese army.
The Boston Globe has published a compelling multi-story series about the search for these lost warriors and the families they left behind.
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