Army SSG Ryan Smith, explosive ordnance disposal technician, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conducts an initial sweep of the site for explosive materials during a recovery mission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Jan. 17, 2023. Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. Through unified work, both countries work to identify the 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.

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Keywords: 23-2la, democratic, dpaa, lao, laos, peoples, recovery, republic, vietnam, war