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retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Eugene Wilber, a family friend of a missing POW/MIA, listens to David Brown, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert, during a DPAA recovery operation in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 13, 2024. Wilber received a tour of the site, and he learned about recovery mission operations such as digging, screening and life support evidence review. There are approximately 1,576 missing personnel unaccounted-for in Vietnam. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Annaliss Candelaria)

May 7, 2024

What the soil leaves behind: A friend’s journey for Bernie and the fallen

Vietnam — In front of retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Eugene Wilber stood a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, diligently digging through dirt, mud, and clay alongside local workers in

The 2024 DPAA Partner Symposium attendees gather for a group photo at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans on April 16. More than 60 partner attendees representing 30 partners and more than 25 DPAA personnel attended the 3rd annual symposium, which greatly advanced internal and external collaboration while generating new ways to improve communication and enhance partners’ contributions to increasing DPAA’s capabilities and capacity.

April 24, 2024

DPAA Brings Partners Together for 3rd Annual Symposium

NEW ORLEANS — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and 30 partner organizations met in New Orleans April 16-17 for their annual Partner Symposium in order to build relationships and exchange ideas about

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (Honor Guard) provide full military honors during the joint funeral of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Porter M. Pile and Tech. Sgt. James M. Triplett at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C., Oct. 31, 202. Both were assigned to the 700th Bombardment Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force. On Sept. 27, 1944, the B-24H Liberator bomber on which they were serving was part of a large mission to bomb the industrial city Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany. During the mission, the formation of aircraft encountered heavy resistance from enemy ground and air forces, which resulted in the rapid loss of 25 Liberators. They were honored and buried alongside each other in a double interment ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashleigh Maxwell)

Nov. 22, 2023

Double funeral for WWII Aircrew missing for 79 years

WASHINGTON D.C. — On Halloween 2023, when many families worldwide are making lasting memories, two families with a unique bond nearly 80 years in the making came together on the hallowed ground of Arlington National

Sept. 22, 2023

Daughter thanks DPAA Researcher for bringing MIA father home 79 years later

ARLINGTON, VA — It’s the Winter of 1944. A new mother is alone in a hospital room where she has just given birth to her first child, a daughter named Suzanne. Her husband, an officer in the United States Army Air

Sept. 19, 2023

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Discusses Mission with Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

HONOLULU — The Honorable Sasha Baker, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, made her first visit to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, September 13,

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