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WASHINGTON — The 92nd Infantry Division, “Buffalo Soldiers,” began to deploy to Italy in July 1944. They had spent more than a year training together at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and were deemed ready to enter World

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) honor guard members perform a dignified transfer for unknown service members Nov. 9, 2015, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. The dignified transfer marked the final disinterment for those who lost their lives aboard the USS Oklahoma during Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The remains will be transferred to the DPAA where experts will begin an identifying process to help provide closure for family members of the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

Dec. 7, 2020

Pearl Harbor Day and the USS Oklahoma Project

WASHINGTON — Dec. 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and a time when the U.S. remembers and honors the 2,403 citizens who were killed in the

Dr. Franklin Damann, DPAA's Deputy Laboratory Director, gives a presentation on DPAA's scientific capabilities during the virtual Little Rock, Arkansas, Family Member Update (FMU) Nov. 7. This was DPAA's first-ever virtual FMU, held so DPAA could continue to inform families about what they do and their efforts to locate our missing despite COVID-19. In addition to livestreamed presentations, DPAA historians, research analysts, and members of the Service Casualty Offices met with families online for the same 1-on-1 briefings they would have received if everyone had been physically in Little Rock.

Nov. 9, 2020

DPAA Conducts First-Ever Virtual FMU

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducted their first-ever virtual Family Member Update (FMU) for Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov. 7. FMUs play a vital role in keeping an open flow of

2020 POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster Unveiling

July 24, 2020

2020 POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster Unveiled

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) unveiled the 2020 POW/MIA Recognition Day poster during a ceremony at their Washington, D.C., headquarters July 24."The poster embodies the spirit of the

May 22, 2020

Memorial Day 2020

Memorial Day, observed the last Monday in May, is a day to remember the men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service of our great Nation. For more than 156 years, since the Civil War,

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