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    DPAA and MARFORPAC Conduct Honorable Carry for Remains Returned from the Battle of Tarawa [Image 1 of 12]

    DPAA and MARFORPAC Conduct Honorable Carry for Remains Returned from the Battle of Tarawa

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, UNITED STATES

    07.17.2019

    Photo by Sgt. Jacqueline Clifford 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director for operations, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), salute the colors during an honorable carry for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during WWII conducted by the DPAA and MARFORPAC, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The remains were recently recovered from the Republic of Kiribati by History Flight, Inc., a strategic partner with DPAA, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline Clifford)

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    Date Taken: 07.17.2019
    Date Posted: 07.18.2019 04:49
    Photo ID: 5589373
    VIRIN: 190717-M-PO745-1025
    Resolution: 5649x3771
    Size: 5.73 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US

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