RADFORD –From July 6 – July 23, a team of Radford University faculty and students are attempting to locate the remains of members of the US Marine Goettge Patrol killed during the August 1942 Battle for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

RU anthropologists Cliff and Donna Boyd, physicist Rhett Herman and RU students will use archeological techniques and geophysical equipment to survey the ground where the patrol could be buried in mass graves. This trip is a part of Radford University's Forensic Science Institute field school in archaeology and geophysical survey at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

To prepare for the trip, the group surveyed the grounds and cemeteries of Virginia Tech’s RJ Reynolds Homestead in Critz, Va. Watch and listen to the students describe their experiences while training on the technology and techniques they will use in the Solomon Islands.

For more information about the field school, see the RU News Release.