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Aug. 14, 2024

The Guadalcanal Campaign: US Returns to Recover

HONIARA, GUADALCANAL IS, Solomon Islands – On August 7, 1942, the U.S. deployed its military personnel to the Solomon Islands amid World War II to prevent the Japanese Imperial Navy from creating a

Leadership and representatives from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI) and partner nations pose for a photo during a visit to MAKRI headquarters in Seoul, Republic of Korea, June 10, 2024. The event kicked off the third Indo-Pacific Scientific Summit, an international event designed to share advances in forensic science between global partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

June 13, 2024

DPAA and MAKRI host Third Indo-Pacific Scientific Summit in Seoul, ROK

Seoul, Korea — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI) hosted the third Indo-Pacific Scientific Summit in Seoul, Republic

June 11, 2024

A New Podcast Highlights DPAA's Efforts to Account for Missing Personnel

Washington D.C. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) launched its new podcast, Missing and Not Forgotten: Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise , dedicated to the ongoing efforts to search for, recover, and

William Sivelle, POW/MIA family member and World War II veteran, poses for a photo with his wife, Leigh, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Billings, Montana, May 18, 2024. Sivelle attended the event to receive a one-on-one briefing on his cousin, U.S. Army Air Forces Pfc. Richard J. Sivell, a World War II POW who remains unaccounted-for. FMUs include formal presentations, question-and-answer sessions, and one-on-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAA’s mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

May 28, 2024

WWII Veteran attends Family Member Update in Billings, MT

Billings, MT — Of the 81 POW/MIA family members present at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Billings, Montana, none turned more heads than William Sivelle, a 98-year-old

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Raul Castillo, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) life support investigator (LSI), looks through items for aircraft parts and life support material during a recovery mission in France, April 24, 2024. Castillo and other personnel are conducting an excavation operation in an effort to find missing personnel who were lost during the D-Day operations in World War II. There are approximately 1,438 missing personnel in France from World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

May 13, 2024

Paving The Way During Recovery Mission

France — Unit after unit, bucket after bucket, excavated soil is sifted through the screening stations. Military and civilian personnel are continuously on the lookout for items such as aircraft wreckage, life

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