Army Capt. Alexandra Long, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screens soil for possible human remains as part of a DPAA recovery mission near Bellha Village, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Dec. 4, 2016. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted-for from the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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