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Ms. Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Principal Deputy Director, and Vietnam Veteran and Gold Star brother Col. Al Shine leave a ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on National Vietnam Veterans Day, March 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed during the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. The Agency vigorously pursues the fullest possible accounting for 1,584 missing American personnel from the war to include civilians. (Defense Department photo by Ashley M. Wright)

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 4, 2022

DPAA Remembers Vietnam Veterans, their families

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 29, National Vietnam War Veterans Day, in sub-freezing temperatures, Defense Department leaders paused at the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. along with Gold Star family

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Feltz, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, top, and U.S. Army Capt. Matt Moschgat, DPAA team leader, have a discussion during a recovery mission in Myanmar, Jan. 23, 2020. A DPAA recovery team visited the area in hopes of finding missing U.S. service members whos B-25G crashed in Myanmar during WWll. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Coulter)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, HI March 2, 2022

Commentary- Global mission brings neighborhood bond close to home

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, HI — On Feb. 22, 2020, I stood together with the rest of the recovery team inside the 20 meter by 16 meter excavation area southwest of Monywa, Myanmar (formerly Burma).Deployed to the site for nearly 45

Tech. Sgt. Kinga Cummings, 303rd Intelligence Squadron, stands for a photo on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, February 16, 2022. Cummings immigrated from Poland to the U.S. when she was 14. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rachelle Morris)

Feb. 24, 2022

Polish Airman solves WWII mysteries

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — During WWII, Poland lost the highest percentage of overall population and Jewish citizens compared to any other country in the world – 6 million people, including 90% of Polish Jews, were senselessly

Famed director Spike Lee and best-selling author James McBride stand on the Gothic Line in Italy. James wrote the book "Miracle at St. Anna" about the 92nd Inf. Div., "Buffalo Soldiers," who fought on the Gothic Line during World War II. Spike later went on to make a movie based on the book. Little did Spike know at the time, but his cousin, Pfc. Maceo A. Walker, served with the 92nd on the Gothic Line and is still missing from the Battle of Cinquale Canal.

Feb. 23, 2022

Famed director Spike Lee learns of MIA cousin after making movie about cousin’s unit

WASHINGTON — Early in 2021, Spike Lee, acclaimed director of movies like “BlackKkKlansman,” “Malcolm X,” and “Do The Right Thing,” received a letter from the United States Army. He was a little confused, because,

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team dig in an excavation unit during a DPAA recovery mission in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

Dec. 30, 2021

AFCLC and DPAA: A Partnership for Mission Success

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Since 2012, Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars and Foreign Area Officers from the Air Force Culture and Language Center have helped to support the Defense POW/MIA Agency’s mission. What started as linguistic support for DPAA’s Short-term Individual Augmentee Sourcing Conference has now developed into life-changing language, cultural and tactical support in helping DPAA connect with families of missing personnel.

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