Pentagon carries on searching for lost war veterans

Long dead but little forgotten, US soldiers who disappeared across the globe during World War II are being reunited with their loved ones in a dogged push to find and bring home their bodies.

From the forests of Germany to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, US experts employed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency - among them historians, archaeologists and forensic experts - are the main sleuths.

When recovery of a body is possible, the Pentagon specialists turn the remains over to an ultramodern lab in Hawaii for identification and then wait for the ultimate reward: Bringing the bereaved back together with their long-lost relatives.