Local Lao workers pass buckets during a recovery operation in Laos, part of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Joint Field Activity 26-3LA, March 19, 2026. Material from excavated units are transferred to screening stations where U.S. personnel and local workers search for aircraft wreckage, life support material and possible remains. Currently there are 1,566 personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, 280 of those unresolved cases are located in Laos. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Col. George Tobias)
| Date Taken: | 03.25.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.31.2026 21:24 |
| Photo ID: | 9591002 |
| VIRIN: | 260326-F-WW843-5776 |
| Resolution: | 8192x5464 |
| Size: | 9.94 MB |
| Location: | LA |
| Web Views: | 16 |
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