Mark Smith, an anthropologist and augmentee for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), sets-up a grid to begin excavation in Dien Bien, Vietnam, Nov. 8, 2016. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of an F-4C aircraft pilot unaccounted for from the Vietnam Conflict. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erik Cardenas)

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