{"id":465893,"date":"2011-07-22T02:26:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T02:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/22\/pearl-harbor-pilot-skull-found\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T02:26:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T02:26:02","slug":"pearl-harbor-pilot-skull-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/pearl-harbor-pilot-skull-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Harbor &#8216;pilot&#8217; skull found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"55.6326530612\"><span><span>21 July 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>22:26 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>US forensic scientists are trying to determine if a skull found at the bottom of the sea at Pearl Harbor belonged to a Japanese pilot who attacked the base in World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The skull was discovered in April during a dredging operation under 40ft (12m) of water, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists suspect it belongs to one of the 55 Japanese airmen who died during the 1941 attack.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the skull is not from an active missing person case.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, scientists with the military&#8217;s Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command were conducting a forensic analysis of the skull to determine whether it belonged to a pilot who died during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologist Jeff Fong, of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, said the skull was found alongside forks, scraps of metal and a Coca-Cola bottle, which researchers have determined was from the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p>Some 2,400 US servicemen were killed in the attack on the naval base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-14244891\" title=\"Pearl Harbor 'pilot' skull found\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pearl Harbor &#8216;pilot&#8217; skull found<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 July 2011 Last updated at 22:26 ET US forensic scientists are trying to determine if a skull found at the bottom of the sea at Pearl Harbor belonged to a Japanese pilot who attacked the base in World War II. 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