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Chief Petty Officer Andrew Burdge, Europe Mediterranean Directorate of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, emceed a special ceremony held by the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs at the Navy Memorial Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., May 15 for submariners of the USS Wahoo, lost during World War II, during which soil, water, and video from the site where the Wahoo sank, as well as a model of the Wahoo, was given to the U.S. by Russia. The Russian Federation Ambassador to the United States, H. E. Alexander Darchiev, presented the containers of soil and water, the video, and the model to retired Air Force Gen. Robert “Doc” Fogelsong, the United States Side Chairman of the USRJC, who accepted on behalf of the United States and the families of the USS Wahoo submariners. (Photo by Sean Everette, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.18.2026 09:28 |
| Photo ID: | 9687319 |
| VIRIN: | 260515-D-ZQ077-1005 |
| Resolution: | 8192x5464 |
| Size: | 3.42 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 1 |
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