Pearl Harbor skull may be one of 3 possible Japanese airmen

Amazing after all these years that there are still bodies in the harbor.

Wasn't it December 8th?

kojinsaru, whoever said anything about a "body?" They found a skull, you know, BONE, which takes forever to decompose.

the skull was dredged with items from the 1940s, including a Coca-Cola bottle.

Though I'll restrain myself from commenting, imagine the field day comedy writers could have with this gem.

Perhaps "airman" would be a better term? They have no idea (yet) if it was the pilot, commander or tail gunner / radio operator. Also, "three possible crews" should read "three possible crewmen" unless there are two other aircraft they haven't mentioned...

Amazing after all these years that there are still bodies in the harbor.

Actually all the Americans are still in the sunken ships (USS Arizona) and oil still leeks to the surface. PH just never seems to rest if you know what I mean. I still see geezers arguing about it in Japan and the US. I think any dude who lives here and married to a Japanese should make the trip together (yanks). Taking the ferry to the memorial is the most moving thing... I did it 13 yrs ago and most Japanese had tears. Not sure about this skull thing and that will be difficult to prove even with DNA and a manifest.

"Wasn't it December 8th?"

It was December 8th, 1941 in Japan, and December 7th, 1941 in the U.S., due to the International Date Line.

Interesting

Though I'll restrain myself from commenting, imagine the field day comedy writers could have with this gem.

ben4short - The suspense is killing me. Please tell me the potential joke out of the fact a coke bottle was dredged up along with a skull?

hoserfella, unfortunately none of the jokes would make it past the PC mod. Besides, as they say, if you have to explain why something is funny . . .

The southeast loch? That's the busiest place in the entire harbor! The shipyard as well as the Bravo, Mike, and Sierra piers are located there (destroyers/cruisers, submarines, tenders tie-up there)

That had to be some disgusting dredging, what with 70 years of empty cigarette packs and candy wrappers to dig down through before getting to the skull.

possible japanese skull, coca cola bottle??? ahh.. am I missing something? O_o

ben4short - If the joke is completely lame (let me guess - "He drank too much coke"?) then yeah, it needs to be explained.

possible japanese skull, coca cola bottle??? ahh.. am I missing something? O_o

Archeology 101. They found a Coca-Cola bottle circa 1941 in the same strata that they found the skull, so they're guessing they were put in the harbor within a year of each other. I wonder what it is that is causing them to concentrate on a Japanese airman? The wreckage of the plane would have been removed from the harbor shortly after the attack. Did someone record that one of the crew member's heads were missing when they brought up the plane?

Fadamor, miyazawa - I think what BlueWitch is inquiring about (me as well) is the joke of the century that ben4short has in mind but wont share. Perhaps he realizes, there is no joke in fact...

Kamikaze pilots didn't exist in December of 1941. They were a desparate attempt to counter American successes much later in the war. By that time, most of Japan's experienced pilots had been killed or captured and the kids that they were training to replace them had increasing odds that they would be shot down in their first engagement due to the vast difference in experience between the seasoned American pilots and the raw Japanese pilots. Rather than spend countless hours trying to train the new pilots in aerial combat maneuvers, it was decided to give them basic flight skills then send them on suicide missions to ram U.S. ships (ideally, the hated carriers) with explosives-packed planes - essentially human-guided bombs.

I see Many Similarities between Al Quida , Taliban terrorist and these Japanese one way pilots...(Kamikaze tokutai ) US must consider this very seriously...And to find out The connectivity ,... The Both attacked the US with Successive Suicidal missions...