Marine Corps Capt. Alex Avila, assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), removes soil from an excavation unit as part of a DPAA recovery mission in Attapeu Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Jan. 22, 2016. DPAA teammates deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Richard DeWitt/Released)

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