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Vietnam War Annual Government Briefings
If you missed the Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing on June 24 and 25, you can watch the archive on our Livestream and Facebook pages. (Graphic by Mr. Shawn Stewart)
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DPAA Leadership visits Recovery Mission
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Christine Abercrombie, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team leader, briefs Fern Sumpter Winbush, DPAA principal deputy director, on recovery operations during a DPAA recovery mission in England, May 25, 2022. Winbush’s visit consisted of tours of the recovery team’s life support investigator station, wet screen station and site excavation. 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)
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)
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)
Vietnam War Annual Government Briefings
DPAA Leadership visits Recovery Mission
Honorable Carry from Thailand
Investigative Team in Laos
New MOU strengthens partnerships
Researching Our Heroes
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Airman Accounted For From World War II (Wood, W.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. William O. Wood, 25, of Valdosta, Georgia, killed during World
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Stout, R.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Robert T. Stout, 21, of El Reno, Oklahoma, killed during World
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Hannon, F.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shopfitter 3rd Class Francis L. Hannon, 20, of Middletown, Indiana, killed during World
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Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Born, D.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Donald M. Born, 19, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 21,
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Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Reiter, E.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Edward J. Reiter, 17, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 21,
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DPAA IN THE NEWS
A young WWII soldier’s remains could be those of Spike Lee’s lost cousin (via The Washington Post)
Maceo A. Walker was 20 when he was killed in the battle of the Cinquale Canal, a little remembered,
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77 years later: U.S. military identifies Ashland County soldier who died in World War II (via the Ashland Times-Gazette)
The remains of a 26-year-old U.S. Army soldier from Ashland County have been identified nearly eight
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He was killed at Pearl Harbor when he was 20. More than 80 years later, this sailor has been laid to rest. (via CNN)
George Gilbert, a sailor killed in the Pearl Harbor attack who remained unidentified for decades,
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The US military is trying to identify dozens of airmen who didn't make it home from a daring bomber raid on 'Hitler's gas station' (via Business Insider)
On August 1, 1943, US Army Air Force B-24 Liberators took off from bases in Libya for an audacious
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US will bring home and identify remains of unknown soldiers from only American cemetery in Africa (via CNN)
The US is set to bring home and identify the remains of unknown World War II soldiers from the only
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