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    DPAA and MARFORPAC Conduct Honorable Carry for Remains Returned from the Battle of Tarawa [Image 6 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. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), carry a transfer case during an honorable carry for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during WWII conducted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and MARFORPAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The remains were recently recovered from the Republic of Kiribati by History Flight, a DPAA partner organization, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission 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 04:42
    Photo ID: 5589380
    VIRIN: 190717-M-PO745-1097
    Resolution: 5385x3595
    Size: 5.09 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US

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