U.S. Army Capt. Brett Harris, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, demonstrates operations while Khampheng Duangthonglaa, Director General of the Europe and Americas Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, visits a recovery site Aug. 13, 2024. During their distinguished visit, they witnessed the recovery efforts for missing U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War. More than 1,000 missing personnel have been identified and returned to their families for burial since the end of the conflict, but 1,575 Americans remain unaccounted. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros)