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222: Vanished. Finding Missing WWII Soldiers in Palau.

2024/5/6
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Today we visit one of the bloodiest battle sites in WWII and tell the stories of the men who lost their lives there. When Pat Scannon discovered many of these men were never found or brought home, he began a search to find them.

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Resources: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/nps-and-palau-protecting-the-ocean.htm) https://www.coris.noaa.gov/portals/palau.html#:~:text=Palau's%20rich%20marine%20biota%20include,relative%20of%20the%20sea%20cow)) https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/44-40603.html) https://www.projectrecover.org/mission-vision-values/)

Documentary: The Last Flight Home.

Book: Vanished. The Sixty Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II by Wil S. Hylton