Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ameil Fredeluces, team medic, and Marine Corps. Staff Sgt. Eddie Ludwig, explosive ordinance disposal technician, remove dirt from units during excavation operations as part of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) mission in the Khammouane Province, Laos, Jan. 27, 2017. Recovery Team Three executed excavation operations in search of two missing Air Force pilots who crashed while on a visual reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War over 48 years ago. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel

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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ameil Fredeluces, team medic, and Marine Corps. Staff Sgt. Eddie Ludwig, explosive ordinance disposal technician, remove dirt from units during excavation operations as part of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) mission in the Khammouane Province, Laos, Jan. 27, 2017. Recovery Team Three executed excavation operations in search of two missing Air Force pilots who crashed while on a visual reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War over 48 years ago. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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