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Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home

San Diegans gathered at Mount Soledad today for the annual Memorial Day ceremony. This years event highlighted the work of one man bringing missing soldiers home.

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>> were seeing this video, images of you with the plane. what was going through your mind and what goes through your mind when youve seen this. obviously theres some time passed. >> still my heart rate was pounding. you can see me blowing a lot of air through there. i felt like i made a connection with my father i had never had a chance to make before. for me just to be -- im so thankful for dr. scannon, bentprop, all these people, they are fabulous people that do things -- they are out looking ...

From that aspect, knowing theres a scientific perspective but such an emotional perspective these artifacts, remains for the families. >> i suppose the most you need is perseverance and patience because it takes a lot of time, in other words, to use the scientific method and develop the grid searches and to make sure you follow all the leads that you have takes a lot of time. but youre absolutely right. when youre under water and come around the corner and see that wreck site for the first time ...

How you began your searches and what you can do for people. >> about 20 years ago i came across wreckage that was american and realized there were a lot of americans shot down behind enemy lines and remained missing. we began a process of first archival searches and interviews and fieldwork which involves jungle and underwater searches for locate the wreck sites where these missing americans remain. >> so tommy, you heard about this, you and your wife heard about this. you contacted dr. scannon ...

So this saturday marks 72 years since the bombing of pearl harbor. also a time to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action during world war ii. the project is an organization that helps bring closure for some of these families by funding search operations in the islands for the remains and inside the battleships of planes that were taken down during the war. dr. patrick scannon leads the project which is the crew that conducts the underwater searches. also joining me in studio, tomm...