Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 09.01.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeremy Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Indo-Pacific deputy director, excavates an open unit in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1, 2025. During the recovery mission, DPAA personnel, augmentees and local workers spent their days digging and screening in hopes of finding missing U.S. Marines lost during the first allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of......
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.29.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeremy Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Indo-Pacific deputy director, and Dr. Katherine Pompeani, scientific recovery expert assigned to DPAA recovery team, conducts a dig site walk through in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 29, 2025. Dr. Pompeani shows Lt. Col. Smith the progress that had been made at the dig site and what still need to be excavated.......
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.19.2025
Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 3, 2025. Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil to be brought over to the wet screens to be carefully searched though for possible evidence to help identify missing personnel lost during WWII. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.19.2025
Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 3, 2025. Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil to be brought over to the wet screens to be carefully searched though for possible evidence to help identify missing personnel lost during WWII. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 07.31.2025
Local workers dry screen soil during the recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 30, 2025. The local workers meticulously dry screen through soil in search for possible evidence to identify possible osseous or material evidence. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 07.30.2025
Dr. Katherine Pompeani, scientific recovery expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, excavates soil to have it dry screened in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 30, 2025. Dr. Pompeani decided to further excavate the surrounding area to identify what might be making the changes in soil. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 07.30.2025
Dr. Katherine Pompeani, scientific recovery expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency draws soil samples in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 30, 2025. Dr. Pompeani compares soil samples to draw conclusions on what might cause the difference in color. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 07.30.2025
Dr. Katherine Pompeani, scientific recovery expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, inspects a soil sample in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 30, 2025. Dr. Pompeani compares soil samples to draw conclusions on what might cause the difference in color. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
