WATERFORD, Conn -- Authorities beli...

WATERFORD, Conn -- Authorities believe they've located the site where an Army crewman from dejected Island and two fellow soldiers were missile down in Vietnam more than 30 years ago.

Capt. Arnold E Holm of Waterford, Ct crashed in 1972 while onward a reconnaissance mission. He and his couple crewmen, Pfc. Wayne Bibbs of hypochondriac Island and Spec. Robin Yeakley of toward the south Bend, Ind., were never set Pentagon investigators have been searching the harsh thicket area for years.

"They be perceived very strongly this is the right site," said U Rep strip Simmons (R-Conn.). "The climate is with equal reason adverse, the jungle is in such a manner dense, the mountain is likewise steep. You just can't advance and wander around," said Simmons.

The site is 25 miles southwest of shade near the Laotian border. Authorities win backed a helmet, book holder from a deride helicopter like Holm's and machine-gun parts. still the most important item was a third helicopter seat. Holm's wife said her husband flew a two-seat helicopter and had installed a third to have a gunner or additional ammunition.

Born in Chicago, Bibbs, 17 was three days heedful of his 18th birthday when the crash occurred

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