LUGANVILLE, VANUATU -- Mr. David Atkinson, a communications specialist assigned to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, helps build a base camp that will he and his team will live in while conducting recovery operations on the island of Espiritu Santo on the Independent Republic of Vanuatu Aug. 21, 2012. Two specialized teams deployed from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to excavate several ground and aircraft crash sites in search of Americans who remain unaccounted-for from World War II. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command conducts global search, recovery, and laboratory operation


LUGANVILLE, VANUATU -- Mr. David Atkinson, a communications specialist assigned to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, helps build a base camp that will he and his team will live in while conducting recovery operations on the island of Espiritu Santo on the Independent Republic of Vanuatu Aug. 21, 2012. Two specialized teams deployed from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to excavate several ground and aircraft crash sites in search of Americans who remain unaccounted-for from World War II. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command conducts global search, recovery, and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support the Department of Defense’s personnel accounting efforts. (DoD Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adelita C. Mead) POW-MIA recovery efforts in Vanuatu 120820-A-GX498-208


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