Posted on 08/10/2015 12:26:25 PM PDT by Kartographer
Long dead but little forgotten, US soldiers who disappeared across the globe during World War II are being reunited with their loved ones in a dogged push to find and bring home their bodies.
From the forests of Germany to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, US experts employed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency -- among them historians, archeologists and forensic experts -- are the main sleuths.
When recovery of a body is possible, the Pentagon specialists turn the remains over to an ultra-modern lab in Hawaii for identification and then wait for the ultimate reward: bringing the bereaved back together with their long-lost relatives.
Stephen Johnson, a historian-investigator, recalled how a delighted woman, whose father had been found in a German forest, exclaimed: "You gave me back my daddy."
"I think of her when I work on a case," Johnson said.
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I worked a block from this place when I was in Hawaii. When they brought in remains everything stopped so that respects could be given. These folks are doing awesome work.
It’s good to hear of something really worthwhile being done for a switch.
Yup, damn right.
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