Timewatch The Unknown Soldiers 2006 BBC pdtv NiX avi

Something to keep in mind in case the draft is revived: In the summer of 2003 two sets of remains were found in a field just outside the town of Soissons in Northern France. They were uncovered by a French archaeologist during a routine land survey. From personal effects found with the remains it was presumed that they were the remains of American soldiers who had fought during World War I. The remains were turned to over to a unique unit of the American military, the Joint Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC). From their base in Hawaii, their mission is to search for, identify and bring home all missing American servicemen from all previous conflicts. There are still 4,800 missing from World War I, 78,000 missing from World War II, 120 missing from the Cold War, 8,100 missing from the Korean War and 1,800 missing from the Vietnam War. JPACs Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii is one of the worlds leading forensic anthropology labs. The film follows the JPAC team as they attempt to positively identify the remains, and name the unknown soldiers. The programme also tells the story of American involvement in the Great War, both through documentary interviews and dramatised extracts from US First Infantry Division memoirs. Part Size: 353 MB Duration: 0:47:55 Video: 896 Kbps, 25 fps, 512*288 (16:9), XVID Audio: 133 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, MP3 Language: English Source: DVB-T