Blog - Project Recover

Time is Running Out. Top row, L-R: Lt. Roland R. Houle, WASP Gertrude Silver Tompkins, SSgt. Walter Graves, 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly, Jr., 2nd Lt. Arthur J. Schumacher, Jr. Second Row: Ensign Francis Waters, 1st Lt. James R. Polkinghorne, Jr. All of these service members are MIAs who were missing as a result of aircraft losses around the world during World War II. Project Recover searches for MIAs around the world to bring them home for their recognition, their family’s closure, and a grateful Nation. As of this writing, in addition to MIAs already repatriated, Project Recover has located 94 MIAs awaiting recovery.

Time Is Running Out to Bring MIAs Home

Lauren Trecosta October 9, 2019 Mission Reflections, Team 5 Comments

Time is running out. The remains of our missing in action (MIAs) who fought and died for our freedom are being worn away by time and elements.

The President Bush connection with Project Recover

President G. H. W. Bush WWII Experiences Shape MIA Mission

Lauren Trecosta January 27, 2020 About Leave a Comment

George H. W. Bush is an indelible part of Project Recover history. Before it became Project Recover in 2018, Project Recover was known as The BentProp Project. We were a small group with big dreams to bring our MIAs home. Former President George H. W. Bush, a WWII pilot, was a significant part of our early years and remains so today.

Capt. Norman S. Ives

Lauren Trecosta January 22, 2020 Donor Spotlight Leave a Comment

Thomas and Barbara Daggett gave o Project Recover in memory of Barbara’s grandfather, Capt. Norman S. Ives. Capt. Ives was killed in an ambush in Normandy.

LT. Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr.

Lauren Trecosta December 31, 2019 Donor Spotlight 2 Comments

Tracy Rand gave to Project Recover in honor of her father, Lt. Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr., a highly decorated ace pilot in World War II.

Search for Missing WWII UDT Members in Palau

Lauren Trecosta December 30, 2019 MIA Searches, Mission - Pacific 10 Comments

Project Recover went on a mission to Palau to search for missing WWII UDT members and other WWII POW/MIAs in November 2019. They had three goals.

Teaching Students Aboard USS Midway

Lauren Trecosta November 24, 2019 Education Leave a Comment

Project Recover used Mixed Reality (MIR) on iPads, a fleet of AUV and ROV equipment, videos, and panel of experts to teach 100 students on the USS Midway.

New 2019 Project Recover Team member Adam Gray smiling after surfacing from a dive on the downed WWII aircraft of his great uncle’s ARM2c Albert ‘Bud’ Rybarczyk- Project Recover is committed to bringing the MIA home. Photos by Harry Parker Photography

Adam Gray, New Project Recover Team Member

Lauren Trecosta November 15, 2019 Families, MIA 2 Comments

Project Recover welcomes Adam Gray, our newest Project Recover team member. Adam was invited to become a team member on our most recent mission to Palau.

Veterans Day 2019: A Reflection on Purpose

Lauren Trecosta November 8, 2019 Holidays, Team 7 Comments

Derek Abbey, Project Recover President, shares reflections on living with purpose, serving in the military, and Project Recover’s service to veterans.

Project Recover Searches for A-6E Wreckage in Kuwait

Lauren Trecosta October 28, 2019 MIA Searches, Mission - Middle East 3 Comments

Project Recover went to the Persian Gulf to survey four square miles near Failaka Island, Kuwait, to locate the wreckage of A-6E in October 2018.

Project Recover is partnering with Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation to present an educational program to 120 students from High Tech High School aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego this Wednesday and Thursday, September 25th and 26th. A panel of instructors from a variety of career backgrounds, including aviation, oceanography, forensic anthropology, history, and engineering, will teach students how professionals use their expertise to have a positive impact on their community, county, and world. Project Recover is committed to Keeping Americas Promise to bring the MIAs home. - Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate American missing in action since world war II, in order to provide recognition and closure for families and the nation. Photos by Harry Parker Photography

Project Recover Partners With Air Force Heritage Flight To Teach Students On USS Midway

Lauren Trecosta September 24, 2019 Education 3 Comments

Project Recover is partnering with Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation to teach to 120 students from High Tech High School aboard the USS Midway Museum.

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