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    DPAA Hosts Repatriation Ceremony on Guadalcanal [Image 2 of 20]

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    DPAA Hosts Repatriation Ceremony on Guadalcanal

    GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS

    08.23.2024

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan Gross, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team member Short Term Individual Augment (STIA), and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Aaron McCarthy, DPAA Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) STIA, stand at parade rest during a repatriation ceremony on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 23, 2024. During the ceremony, team members and members of the Solomon Islands government transferred possible osseous material to DPAA for potential identification at the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. There are approximately 72,000 U.S. personnel unaccounted for from WWII. Of those, 374 are unaccounted for from Guadalcanal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings)

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    Date Taken: 08.23.2024
    Date Posted: 08.27.2024 12:36
    Photo ID: 8611460
    VIRIN: 240823-F-IK176-1007
    Resolution: 7360x4912
    Size: 13.63 MB
    Location: GUADALCANAL, SB

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