Sgt. 1st Class Mathew Thornton, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Short Term Individual augmentee (STIA), carries buckets filled with soil during a recovery mission in Italy, June 23, 2023. Recovery teams dig, move, screen and sift through tons of soil in hopes of uncovering clues that will lead to the positive identification of missing service members. Thornton was part of a recovery team searching for possible human remains from World War II, of which there are approximately 72,000 service members unaccounted for. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)
Date Taken: | 06.23.2023 |
Date Posted: | 06.25.2023 12:29 |
Photo ID: | 7880487 |
VIRIN: | 230623-F-FZ485-1860 |
Resolution: | 4016x5467 |
Size: | 6.21 MB |
Location: | IT |
Web Views: | 42 |
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