University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu juniors Alaina Gallaway and Courtney Ketzenberger will spend their spring break working with UH West Oʻahu Assistant Professor of Archaeology William Belcher, surveying and excavating at a site in the Republic of Palau believed to be a Kempeitai (Japanese military police) internment and execution area for local, United States and British prisoners during World War II.
Belcher and the students are traveling to Palau for the survey and excavation sponsored by the Bent Prop Project, a private, non-governmental organization. The group has worked for the last 20 years searching and identifying numerous archaeological sites associated with missing U.S. service members from World War II.
The students will conduct survey and scientific excavation of several archaeological features within the internment area.
—By Julie Funasaki Yuen
