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    DPAA Conducts Recovery Mission on Guadalcanal [Image 31 of 37]

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    DPAA Conducts Recovery Mission on Guadalcanal

    GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS

    07.25.2024

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    From left, Dr. Kyle McCormick, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Tardi, DPAA independent duty medical technician short term individual augmentee (STIA), and Staff Sgt. Tereaud Morris, DPAA explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician STIA, check a portion of a unit where an EOD sweep had a metal hit during a recovery mission on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 25, 2024. EOD regularly sweeps each unit at varying depths for any potential unexploded ordnance for the safety of the recovery team members. There are approximately 72,000 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)

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    Date Taken: 07.25.2024
    Date Posted: 08.28.2024 06:06
    Photo ID: 8608786
    VIRIN: 240725-F-IK176-1003
    Resolution: 4398x6590
    Size: 12.65 MB
    Location: GUADALCANAL, SB

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