"Bachelor" On Hunt For Human Remains

Posted Mar 20th 2008 10:01PM by TMZ Staff

Former "Bachelor" bachelor Andy Baldwin just got back from the island of Palau in the South Pacific -- not on vacation, on a mission with the Navy. Now let's talk about why we the taxpayers are footing the bill on such BS.

Baldwin was among 20 military types who were on a search mission in the middle of the ocean. What, you ask, were they looking for? A B-24J bomber that went down during the war. Not Iraq. Not Vietnam. No, not Korea. We're talking WWII, as in more than 60 years ago.

Turns out, the military spends $52 million each year to find the remains of missing soldiers -- it's part of the POW/MIA program. That's all well and good depending on the circumstances. But a crash that is ancient history, at a time when the economy sucks and the Federal government is sucking the life out of everyone with taxes??

Baldwin, a Navy medic and diver, and crew found what could be human remains. We're told it's all being tested in the lab and it could take months, even years, to determine identities. At least he got a really good tan.

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946. glad they are still looking for fallen military people

Posted at 4:22PM on Apr 5th 2008 by fox

947. Do you think you're worth searching for in 60 years? I suppose you have a better idea on what to do with the plot of land currently being used for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 6th 2008 by hadsil

948. Like, OMG LOL!! WW2 was like, so long ago, like, who cares? LMAO we run around with our heads up our butts saying "Bush is worse than Hitler" and then make fun of the US government's attempts to collect the remains of our war dead. Like, gag me with a spoon! or whatever fashionable hip trendy TMZ idiots would say. I can't begin to relate how utterly pathetic making fun of what these people are doing in their deeds to recover the remains of people who paid for your freedom with their lives makes me feel.

Sick to my stomach? Nahh, not strong enough. Offended enough to never visit this website or purchase any goods/services from those companies who advertise here? A drop in a bucket but it's a start. I know your pathetic rag has gone into decline now that Paris, Lindsay and even Brittney seem to be cleaning up their acts. But what ax could you possibly have to grind against WW2 combatants who died in the line of service? Or are you really as stupid, vapid, and uncaring as to regard history as some kind of a joke? I hope TMZ savors their freedom to post stories on any damn thing they find relevant, and that Verizon, Equifax, Chevrolet, AT&T, and Classmates.com can find other ventures to spend their advertising budgets with. You people are retards.

Posted at 3:01PM on Apr 8th 2008 by Squonkamatic

949. TMZ needs to stick to its expertise and high social purpose: chasing information on actor's brushes with the law. If TMZ want to get indignent, why not investigate why Americans spend a $1 billion a year on mouthwash?

Posted at 3:39PM on Apr 16th 2008 by antiquesax

950. Lesse . . . searching for remains of guys who DIED to (among other things) protect the rights of you TMZ dweebs to be souless, clueless pontificators -- yeah, I think it's somewhat important.
Maybe not as important as finding out who's boinking whom, but that's just me.

Posted at 1:14AM on Apr 28th 2008 by least1

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