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    Laos recovery mission receives VIP tours 2023 [Image 22 of 22]

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    Laos recovery mission receives VIP tours 2023

    LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

    11.17.2023

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Annaliss Candelaria 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    Bounthavy Sengphachanh, Deputy Director General, Europe-America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, learns about wet screening from U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Molly Somsy Rosales, a thort term individual augmentee (STIA) Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) linguist, during a tour to a site of a DPAA recovery operation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nov. 10, 2023. During the tour, the visiting personnel learned about recovery mission operations such as digging, screening and life support evidence review. Since 1985, the United States and Lao governments have worked together to find and recover unaccounted-for personnel. There are currently 1,578 missing and unaccounted-for Americans from the Vietnam War, of which 288 are believed to be in Laos. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Annaliss Candelaria)

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    Date Taken: 11.17.2023
    Date Posted: 12.08.2023 18:56
    Photo ID: 8149382
    VIRIN: 231117-N-BW566-1069
    Resolution: 7360x4912
    Size: 2.97 MB
    Location: LA

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