U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Paolo DiGirolamo, left, and Senior Airman Dylan Gross, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery team members and short term individual augmentees, shovel dirt during a recovery mission on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 6, 2024. This mission was the first time the screening station and excavation site were geographically separated, requiring trucks to transport the dirt. There are approximately 72,000 missing personnel unaccounted-for from World War II. Of those, 374 are unaccounted-for from Guadalcanal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings)
Date Taken: | 08.06.2024 |
Date Posted: | 08.27.2024 15:42 |
Photo ID: | 8608765 |
VIRIN: | 240806-F-IK176-1064 |
Resolution: | 3853x5685 |
Size: | 8.13 MB |
Location: | GUADALCANAL, SB |
Web Views: | 36 |
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