Event Brief
Sep 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM ET
Nonprofit trains Filipino teams to recover U.S. war dead
By The BriefBrief
A small U.S. nonprofit is working to help the military recover missing war dead as Pentagon funding for the mission shrinks. In Marawi, Mindanao, it is training Filipino archaeologists and using ground-penetrating radar to search for the remains of three American soldiers executed by the Japanese 84 years ago.
WHO: Mike Henshaw and his nonprofit; Danny Keay; Karin Dominko; Filipino archaeologists
WHAT: The nonprofit trains Filipino archaeologists and begins a search using ground-penetrating radar for American soldiers missing from past wars.
WHEN: Reported Sep 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM ET
WHERE: Marawi, Philippines
WHY: The Pentagon’s budget for recovering war dead is shrinking, and the nonprofit is trying to prove the work can be done faster and for less money while maintaining high standards.
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