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DOCUMENT Citation Only Jason, T. Raupp. Mark Keusenkothen.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "East Carolina University Partnerships and Innovation with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In February 1945 a Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado crashed into Kwajalein Lagoon while attempting to land after a regularly scheduled flight from Honolulu. The conditions of the wrecking event resulted in the forward portion of the aircraft being torn off and sinking in the seadrome...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan M Underbrink. Caitlin Gilbertson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll has acted as an American military base since 1944. One of the most prevalent American artifacts found in this region are Coca-Cola bottles. Coke bottles have been researched extensively, but this paper specifically discusses bottles found on Kwajalein Atoll. We looked at 493...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Caitlin G. Gilbertson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Applying the Power of Partnerships to the Search for America's Missing in Action", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Kwajalein Atoll contains one of the largest lagoons in the world, surrounded by tiny islands making up about 6 square miles, 2,400 miles from Hawaii. A number of Americans are missing in this lagoon, extending the Defense POW/MIA Acounting Agency’s mission to this isolated area. A small team of...