U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin Christensen, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency life support investigator, uses a pickaxe to break up soil during a recovery mission in Italy, May 25, 2024. Common hand tools such as shovels, pickaxes and hand trowels are utilized on recovery sites depending on the method of excavation as determined by the scientific recovery expert. There are approximately 72,091 personnel missing from World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cole Yardley)
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 06.03.2024 12:40 |
| Photo ID: | 8444117 |
| VIRIN: | 240525-F-FU430-1547 |
| Resolution: | 4589x6883 |
| Size: | 18.49 MB |
| Location: | IT |
| Web Views: | 49 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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