Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Conducts First Ever Repatriation Ceremony at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deputy director for operations, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Major Lauren Flores, DPAA senior enlisted advisor, right, talk with Lee Blumenthal, Executive Director of the Jewish Association of the Philippines, a local veteran who attended the first-ever Repatriation Ceremony held at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, March 6, 2026. Currently, there are 71,783 U.S. personnel unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 10,000 missing in the Philippines, the largest total for any single country. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Col. George Tobias)