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Mindy Simonson, scientific recovery expert, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), assesses downhill of the excavation site during a recovery mission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Feb. 1, 2023.
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. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)
| Date Taken: | 02.01.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 02.06.2023 13:04 |
| Photo ID: | 7616553 |
| VIRIN: | 230201-M-UN760-0217 |
| Resolution: | 3849x5578 |
| Size: | 11.51 MB |
| Location: | LA |
| Web Views: | 37 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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