22-6PG Underwater Recovery Operations [Image 7 of 87]

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

08.27.2022

Photo by Sgt. Jack Rigsby 

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class David Blincoe, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team member, reads a plaque at the Camp Wom Surrender Memorial in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 27, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jack A. E. Rigsby)

• Date Taken: 08.27.2022
• Date Posted: 10.12.2022 20:25
• Photo ID: 7456718
• VIRIN: 220827-M-CR240-0013
• Resolution: 5008x3336
• Size: 824.85 KB
• Location: WEWAK, PG