Newfound Tech Finds Lost Vietnam War Navigator, Paul A. Avolese-- Part 1

From the August 5, 2021, Chicago Tribune "Newfound tech finds lost navigator" by Mike Ives, New York Times.

On a July morning in 1967, two American B-52 bombers collided over the South China Sea as they approached a target in what was then South Vietnam.

Seven crew members escaped, but rescue units from the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard were unable to find six other men, including a navigator from New York, Major Paul A. Avolese.

It was not until last year that scientists scanning the sea floor found one of the B-52s and recovered Avolese's remains.

Scientists say the recovery highlights a shift in the Pentagon's ability to search for personnel still missing from the Vietnam War.

For decades, such efforts have mainly been focused on land in former conflict zones.  But in this case, American investigators looked at an underwater site near Vietnam's long coastline using high tech robots.