East Carolina University Partnerships and Innovation with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in 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.

East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies is a partner with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Partnership and Innovations Directorate. In this position the Program works closely with the agency to carry out its mission, which is to provide the fullest possible accounting for U.S. missing service personnel to their families and the nation. This mission involves the investigation, correlation, excavation, and recovery of sites associated with combat losses of past U.S. conflicts. This work requires ECU to understand and operate within the confines of forensic archaeological protocols of DPAA and contribute new and innovative techniques. This symposium showcases papers on underwater aircraft missions that range from the use of innovative technologies and adaptive applications, to specialized training and community partnerships.

Other Keywords
WWII • aircraft • DPAA • Survey • Photogrammetry • Geophysics • World War II • GPR • Aircraft Archaeology • Pacific Theater

Temporal Keywords
WWII • World War II

Geographic Keywords
Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Nuevo Leon (State / Territory) • Delaware (State / Territory)

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  • Archaeological Investigation of a PB2Y-5R Coronado in Kwajalein Lagoon (2020)
    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...

  • A Case Study in Collaborative Research: ECU’s 2019 Marshall Islands Field School (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeremy Borrelli. Nathan Richards. Jason, T. Raupp.

    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. The 2019 ECU Program in Maritime Studies Fall Field School was a collaborative research project with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on sites located at Kwajalein Atoll. The primary focus of the project was the investigation of an archaeological site of interest to DPAA,...

  • East Carolina University and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Partnership Projects in Saipan, CNMI (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jennifer F McKinnon.

    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. ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies recently engaged in a partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and their mission to recover lost service members from past wars. As part of that relationship, ECU hosted a two-year fellow, and took on several missions in both Europe and...

  • Going Full Circle: ECU’s 2018 Archaeological Investigations into the Battle of Saipan (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Aleck Tan.

    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. The 1944 Battle of Saipan resulted in many U.S. losses, including Douglass SBD Dauntless, F6F Hellcat, and TBF/M Avenger aircraft. In 2018, East Carolina University’s (ECU) Program in Maritime Studies held their summer field school as a DPAA-oriented mission to examine an...

  • Innovations in Geophysical Survey of a WWII B-24H in a duck pond in Morgo, Italy (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian Moffat. Jennifer F McKinnon. Alberto Lezziero. Massimiliano Secci. Nathan Richards. Sara Mackenzie Parkin.

    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. On January 30, 1944 a B-24H was struck by anti-aircraft during an attack on Udine, Italy, lost altitude, and crashed on the Morgo Island. One member of the ten-man crew survived and two bodies were recovered; seven crew members remain on site today. Preliminary investigations of the...

  • Innovative Methods for the Documentation of a B-24 Wreck off Montalto di Castro, Italy (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Anne E. Wright. Jason, T. Raupp.

    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 August of 2017, at the request of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), a collaborative team of researchers from East Carolina University, NOAA, and NPS Submerged Resource Center conducted a survey of a submerged aircraft wreck off the coast of Montalto di Castro, Italy....

  • The Search for B-29 Joltin’ Josie the Pacific Pioneer (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Madeline J. Roth.

    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. The B-29 Superfortress revolutionized American aviation during World War II. Developed as a long-range bomber, the aircraft arrived in the Pacific theater following the capture of the Mariana Islands. Joltin’ Josie the Pacific Pioneer (S/N 42-24614) was the first B-29 to land on...

  • Task Force Dagger Foundation and ECU: Development of the Joint Recovery Team (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles K David. Rick Walker. Pat Smith. Mark B Stephens.

    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. This paper details the development of the Task Force Dagger Foundation’s partnership with East Carolina University and the Department of Defense MIA/POW Accounting Agency (DPAA). It outlines the vision these leaders forged in creating a joint university and special operations veteran...

  • TaskForce Dagger Foundation’s Joint Recovery Team Training and Implementation (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark B Stephens. Della A Scott-Ireton. Jennifer F McKinnon.

    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. With East Carolina University (ECU) as a partner and gaining DPAA’s partnership, the third leg of the Joint Recovery Team (JRT) was in place. The first JRT mission took place in Saipan in July/August 2018. This meant implementing an archaeological training and diving plan to insure...