22-6PG Underwater Recovery Operations [Image 13 of 87]

WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

08.29.2022

Photo by Sgt. Jack Rigsby 

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

U.S. military personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) participate in a casualty evacuation drill during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 29, 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: 08.29.2022
• Date Posted: 10.12.2022 21:06
• Photo ID: 7456724
• VIRIN: 220829-M-CR240-0003
• Resolution: 5008x3336
• Size: 999.38 KB
• Location: WEWAK, PG