Missing And Not Forgotten

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families.

This episode begins a three-episode service member arc about Marine Capt. Ron Forrester, who went missing on Dec. 27, 1972, while serving as an A-6A Intruder navigator and bombardier on a mission over north Vietnam, and was accounted for Dec.... read more

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. This episode begins a three-episode service member arc about Marine Capt. Ron Forrester, who went missing on Dec. 27, 1972, while serving as an A-6A Intruder navigator and bombardier on a mission over north Vietnam, and was accounted for Dec. 4, 2023. We start off his arc talking to his daughter, Karoni Forrester, about her journey to find her dad. Song: Man Of War Artist: Aaron Paul Low Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/aaron-paul-low/man-of-war License code: JTRZNBDSDZJ3XM3Z   show less

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Tim McMahon, the director of Dept. of Defense DNA Operations, about how DPAA partners with the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System’s DNA Identification Laboratory to use DNA as one of the most important lines of evidence with which we make identifications of the missing.

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families.

This is the third of three episodes in which we will talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who was lost as a prisoner of war during the Korean War and accounted for March 2, 2021. This episode features Ray... read more

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. This is the third of three episodes in which we will talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who was lost as a prisoner of war during the Korean War and accounted for March 2, 2021. This episode features Ray Kapaun, Chaplain Kapaun's nephew and primary next of kin. He talks about what the chaplain was like in his hometown of Pilsen, Kansas, his service, and his possible road to sainthood. Song: Man Of War Artist: Aaron Paul Low Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/aaron-paul-low/man-of-war License code: QWYYI7ERDRAWGROA   show less

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American personnel still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families.

This is the second of three episodes in which we talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who was lost as a prisoner of war during the Korean War and accounted for March 2, 2021. This episode features Dr. Veronica... read more

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American personnel still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. This is the second of three episodes in which we talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who was lost as a prisoner of war during the Korean War and accounted for March 2, 2021. This episode features Dr. Veronica Keyes, DPAA's out-going Korean War Identification Project lead, and Kristen Grow, the in-coming KWIP lead, who will talk about the DPAA laboratory and the science behind the chaplain's identification. Music: Song: Man Of War Artist: Aaron Paul Low Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/aaron-paul-low/man-of-war License code: AVZL4RNKVPAYUAZC   show less

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. Our Congressional mandate ranges from our modern conflicts of the past 20 years to the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the Cold War, and back to World War II.

This is the first of three episodes in which we will talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.)... read more

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. Our Congressional mandate ranges from our modern conflicts of the past 20 years to the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the Cold War, and back to World War II. This is the first of three episodes in which we will talk about Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who was lost as a prisoner of war during the Korean War and accounted for March 2, 2021. This episode features Dr. Dawn Berry, DPAA’s Korean War Chief of Research, who will talk about the role agency historians played in the chaplain’s identification. Music: Song: Man Of War Artist: Aaron Paul Low Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/aaron-paul-low/man-of-war License code: 2Y0HMRWVSNW83HT0   show less

“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. Our Congressional mandate ranges from our modern conflicts of the past 20 years to the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the Cold War, and back to World War II. In this first episode, host Sean Everette talks to DPAA's Director, Kelly McKeague, about the agency and what they do to fulfill our Nation's promise to never leave a fallen service member behind.