Unearthing a war's lost Pacific wrecks

[DanielJones]

Finding history: Web, vets help unearth war wrecks

HYDE PARK, N.Y. – Justin Taylan boots up his laptop computer in the climate-controlled comfort of a cafe and clicks on photographs of a World War II airplane lying in pieces amid a steamy jungle on the other side of the world.
He browses through a series of digital images of the vine-entangled wreckage of the American C-47B Dakota, which slammed into a mountain in Malaysia during a supply mission in November 1945. The cockpit, believed to still contain the remains of the three-member crew, lies embedded in the mountainside.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101002/ap_on_re_us/us_wwii_wreck_finder

Cheers!

Dan

 

[kampkatz]

Fine story of a dedicated young man who appreciates the sacrifice made by our brave soldiers of WW2.

 

[obxgyrene]

I know Justin Taylan from corresponding with him via e-mail on various issues relating to recovering MIA's in the Pacific Ocean Area. Justin is an A-1 resource, and he has a network of people who live on or visit various islands who recover MIAs and artifacts and document aircraft crash-sites.