Army Capt. Alexandra Long, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, hands local workers a bucket of excavated soil to bring to the wet screening station in order to look for possible material evidence, in Xiangkouang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 1, 2017. DPAA personnel and augmentees spend their days digging and screening, in hopes of finding missing service members lost during the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. ( Marine Corps

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