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Honorable Carry from Thailand
U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), participate in an honorable carry ceremony held on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 19, 2022. DPAA received the possible remains of a U.S. Airman from a World War II aircraft crash following a repatriation ceremony in Thailand. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)
Recovery Mission in England
Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sift through dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in England, April 27, 2022. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)
Investigative Team in Laos
Gunnery Sgt. Ian Swain, explosive ordinance disposal technician assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts a metal detection sweep during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 14, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Thompson)
New MOU strengthens partnerships
Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), left, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, DPAA deputy director for operations, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 13. NMAG is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. They have assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of more than 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rusty Frank)
Researching Our Heroes
Mr. Kin Hulamm (left), an investigator who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency as a part of the Stony Beach Program in partnership with the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Mr. Khuong Vu, a DPAA Casualty Resolution Specialist, conduct research at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 18, 2022. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. Personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachary T. Beatty)
Papua New Guinea Operations Summit
Dr. Denise To, Laboratory Manager, an employee at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), lead a tour group during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 9, 2022. Papua New Guinea National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG) is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. The NMAG has assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of and returning over 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward Randolph)
Honorable Carry from Thailand
Recovery Mission in England
Investigative Team in Laos
New MOU strengthens partnerships
Researching Our Heroes
Papua New Guinea Operations Summit
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Breedlove, J.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove, 19, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed during
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Brooks, W.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, 19, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May
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Airman Accounted For From World War II (Uhrin, M.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for
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Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Girard, L.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Louis V. Girard, 20, of West, Texas, killed during World War II,
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Airman Accounted For From World War II (Olenik, A.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Adolph “Leonard” Olenik, 19, of Detroit, killed during World
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U.S. and Papua New Guinea strengthen relationship through summit
Deputy Director for Operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, and other agency senior leaders hosted Dr.
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Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Lewis, D.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. David M. Lewis, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for
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DPAA IN THE NEWS
Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII US flyer (via AP)
The remains of an American airman who went missing in action in World War II may finally be on their
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Home again: Korean War vet's remains delivered to Hagerstown (via The Frederick News-Post)
For more than 70 years, Sgt. Roy “Buddy” Charles DeLauter’s family wondered what became of him after
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Unknown war dead identified 80 years after their deaths (via Nebraska Public Media)
The USS Oklahoma was docked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The massive battleship capsized quickly
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Identifying Sunken Planes: UD and Project Recover work with the Danish Royal Navy to identify two U.S. bombers from WWII (via University of Delaware)
On June 20, 1944, a collision occurred between two B-24 bombers that were part of the U.S. 565th
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How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members (via Nebraska Public Media)
How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members inside the DPAA lab at Offutt Air
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