Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Edward Burton, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) historian, right, speaks to Fred Simms Jr., nephew of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John Halloran, middle, and his wife Orla Simms, about Halloran’s case during a family member update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. FMUs give family members of missing personnel the opportunity to speak with government officials face-to-face......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, right, shows Fred Simms Jr., nephew of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John Halloran, middle, and his wife Orla Simms, Halloran’s identification tag during a review Halloran’s case during a family member update in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. Since 1995, these events not only brief the families on......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, left, speaks to Fred Simms Jr., nephew of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John Halloran and his wife, Orla Simms, about returning Halloran’s identification tag to the family after being found on a recovery mission during a family member update in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. This event included formal......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Fred Simms Jr., nephew of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John Halloran, middle, and his wife Orla Simms, look at Halloran’s identification tag for the first during a family member update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. Simms signed a custody transfer form to formally receive the item and bring it home. DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts FMUs for families of Americans who are......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Fred Simms Jr., nephew of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John Halloran, holds his uncle’s identification tag during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. Finding items such as a identification tag helps DPAA personnel ensure that they are searching in the right place during recovery operations for missing personnel. DPAA......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Members from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) answer questions from family members of missing personnel during a Family Member Update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. FMU’s give family members of MIA personnel the opportunity to speak with government officials face-to-face about their specific cases. These events include formal presentations, question and answer sessions,......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, right, presents Anne Clarke, Doubletree by Hilton area sales manager, with a DPAA commemoration collage during a Family Member Update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. DPAA personnel continuously work toward locating, recovering and identifying the remains of U.S. service members who are still......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. David Owsianka | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 11.02.2024
Family members attend a brief given by Chris Williamson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Southeast Asia research analyst, about investigation and recovery operations from the Vietnam War during a Family Member Update (FMU) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 2, 2024. DPAA personnel continuously work toward locating, recovering and identifying the remains of U.S. service members who are still......
