A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team member, right, places a scoop of excavated soil into an evidence bucket, as a local worker, left, waits to take the bucket to a wet screens for further inspection, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oct. 31, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. ( Marine Corps

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