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From left, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Elton Reece, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team medic, hands a pin flag to U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Mitchell Hartman, DPAA Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) augmentee, while conducting an unexploded ordnance sweep on a recovery mission in Laos, September 22, 2023. Each Joint Field Activity (JFA) conducted in Laos can involve up to 65 U.S. personnel plus their Lao counterparts. Together, they work on investigations and excavations throughout the country for periods of 30 to 45 days per JFA. There are currently 1,578 missing and unaccounted-for Americans from the Vietnam War, of which 288 are believed to be in Laos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cole Yardley)
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 10.23.2023 09:11 |
| Photo ID: | 8083355 |
| VIRIN: | 230922-F-FU430-8418 |
| Resolution: | 8256x5504 |
| Size: | 0 B |
| Location: | LA |
| Web Views: | 57 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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