The attack on Aug. 12, 1942, was the end of the ill-fated Goettge Patrol and the beginning of a largely forgotten mystery of World War II.

Three men, including Few, escaped, but rescue parties in the next days found little trace of the rest of the patrol, and no bodies. Sixty-six years later, the 22 men who were lost remain listed as missing in action.

This month, a team of three Radford University researchers and six students will try to find out what happened to them.

The group is headed for the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific armed with ground-penetrating radar. They hope to locate graves within a 6-acre plot on Guadalcanal, find remains or identify artifacts, and return home at month’s end with some overdue closure.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/07/ap_lostpatrol_070808/

The Goettge Patrol was the greatest loss of life of intelligence Marines in history (I believe 17 of the 22 killed were intelligence Marines).

Certainly wish them success in this endeavor.