Finding and preserving the remains of the fallen


Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency personnel boarding a Chinese salvage vessel suspected of illegally plundering the WWII wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. — Agencies

EIGHTY years on, there are still many “lost” and unaccounted for servicemen from World War II around the world.

The missing in action includes thousands of prisoners of war and those perished in air crashes in remote jungles and deserts, as well as many hundreds of thousands more buried at sea in warships belonging to the British, American, Australian, Dutch and Japanese naval forces.

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