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PORT VILA, Vanuatu (July 17, 2024) Australian Col. David Silverstone, Australian Defence Advisor to the Central Pacific, left, receives a letter of appreciation on behalf of the Australian High Commission from Richard Wills, a forensic archeologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) following a ceremonial exchange of possible human remains at the Efate Port Vila War Memorial in Port Vila, Vanuatu. July 17, 2024. The letter of appreciation was presented for receiving and storing evidence recovered from a U.S. Navy PBY-5 Catalina that crashed in what is now the Republic of Vanuatu during World War II. The DPAA mission is to search for, find and account for missing Defense Department personnel from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War and other recent conflicts. More than 82,000 Americans remain missing from those conflicts, with 34,000 believed to be recoverable, according to DPAA. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon.)
| Date Taken: | 07.16.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2024 18:28 |
| Photo ID: | 8537204 |
| VIRIN: | 240717-N-GC639-1202 |
| Resolution: | 4941x3294 |
| Size: | 1.18 MB |
| Location: | PORT VILA, VU |
| Web Views: | 35 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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