From left, Alex Garcia-Putnam, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert augmentee and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st. Class Chad Niebels, a DPAA team sergeant, measure an excavation unit during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 16, 2019. During the recovery mission, DPAA personnel and augmentees spent their days digging and screening units in hopes of finding missing U.S. Marines lost during the first allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Agency’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael O'Neal)
Date Taken: | 07.16.2019 |
Date Posted: | 08.21.2019 21:15 |
Photo ID: | 5688130 |
VIRIN: | 190716-A-NI330-1135 |
Resolution: | 7223x5159 |
Size: | 18.4 MB |
Location: | HONIARA, SB |
Web Views: | 46 |
Downloads: | 9 |
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