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    A nighttime outdoor work scene showing a silhouetted worker wearing a headlamp and holding a long-handled tool, likely a shovel or pry bar. Additional workers in high-visibility safety vests are visible in the background near yellow construction equipment. A white tarp or covering with a small American flag is visible on the ground to the left.

    MANILA, PHILIPPINES

    03.01.2023

    Photo by Sgt. Zachary Beatty 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    Staff with the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), work in conjunction with members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), to exhume a casket during a disinterment at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) in Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2023. 22 of the individuals recovered from the disinterment are part of the “Enoura Maru” project, which includes three POW transport ships used by Imperial Japanese forces throughout the second World War, known as “Hell Ships”, and over 400 unidentified sets of remains. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Zachary T. Beatty)

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    Date Taken: 03.01.2023
    Date Posted: 03.15.2023 15:24
    Photo ID: 7681945
    VIRIN: 230301-M-VX661-1038
    Resolution: 4000x6000
    Size: 1.9 MB
    Location: MANILA, PH
    Web Views: 40
    Downloads: 4

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