April 11, 2025

DPAA Hosts International Visitor Leadership Program Tour

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Visitors with the French portion of the International Visitor Leadership Program, World War II section, received a tour of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency facilities here, April 10, 2025. The tour provided an in-depth look into DPAA's mission, the process of recovery and identification, and the agency’s commitment to accounting for missing personnel, culminating in a visit to the world’s largest skeletal laboratory.

WASHINGTON D.C. April 8, 2025

Former Enemies Aid in bring WWII American Remains home from ‘Forgotten Hell’

WASHINGTON D.C. — It’s been called the “Forgotten Hell,” but thanks to the government of Japan, one Marine is returning home after 80 years from the battle with one of the highest casualty rates in the Pacific- the