From left, U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Steinmetz, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Short Term Individual augmentee (STIA), and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Colby Truss, DPAA STIA, fill buckets with soil during a recovery mission in Italy, June 23, 2023. Every inch of soil taken from a recovery site is screened for possible life support equipment or material evidence, then analyzed by a scientific recovery expert who determines relevancy to the case at hand. Steinmetz and Truss were part of a recovery team searching for possible human remains from World War II, of which there are approximately 72,000 service members unaccounted for. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)
| Date Taken: | 06.23.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 06.25.2023 12:49 |
| Photo ID: | 7880481 |
| VIRIN: | 230623-F-FZ485-2174 |
| Resolution: | 4016x6016 |
| Size: | 4.71 MB |
| Location: | IT |
| Web Views: | 124 |
| Downloads: | 28 |
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