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U.S. Army Capt. Jordan Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, hands a bucket to a Lao worker during a recovery mission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Jan. 31, 2023. The buckets are used to transfer soil to look through as personnel search for missing military members.
Each recovery mission can involve up to 65 U.S. personnel plus Lao counterparts. Both countries work together on investigations and excavations throughout the country between 30 – 45 days per-mission. Recovered remains believed to be those of Americans are transferred to DPAA’s laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis and identification by forensic anthropologists.
Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked closely together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. There are still 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
| Date Taken: | 01.31.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 01.31.2023 09:03 |
| Photo ID: | 7609892 |
| VIRIN: | 013123-N-CB366-1033 |
| Resolution: | 2744x1888 |
| Size: | 1.57 MB |
| Location: | LA |
| Web Views: | 78 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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