In Palau, lost WWII graves and unexploded bombs (pictures)
For years, BentProp Project volunteers have been
seeking the remains of POWs and others executed by the Japanese. And NGO
Cleared Ground Demining has been removing bombs from the area.
Galleryby Daniel Terdiman
The cutting-edge tech behind the hunt for lost WWII planes
For years, the BentProp Project has searched the
seas off Palau for missing planes shot down by the Japanese. Now the
group has access to the latest oceanographic technology, which it used
to find two aircraft lost for 70 years.
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How BentProp and undersea robots found long-lost WWII bombers
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To find lost jungle graves, beware of unexploded WWII bombs
The BentProp Project has been searching the
Palauan jungle for years to find the remains of POWs and others executed
by the Japanese. Unexploded WWII bombs make it a risky quest.
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The high-tech hunt for WWII MIAs (pictures)
Thanks to some very high-tech tools being used in
the hunt for American military planes shot down by the Japanese in near
the island nation of Palau in 1944, some families will finally be
learning the fate of their lost loved ones. CNET traveled to Palau to
document the hunt.
Galleryby Daniel Terdiman
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A walk among hidden graves and WWII bombs
To find unmarked graves thought to hold the
bodies of POWs, missionaries, and others executed in the Palauan jungle
by the Japanese during World War II, volunteers from the BentProp
Project must first wait for Cleared Ground Demining to dispose of
countless unexploded bombs left there for decades.
Videoby Daniel Terdiman
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Underwater robots helping find missing WWII planes, airmen
Since 1993, members of the BentProp Project have
hunted the seas of Palau for American planes shot down in by the
Japanese during World War II. Now they have new high-tech oceanographic
tools to help in the search.
Videoby Daniel Terdiman
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