Members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screen through excavated dirt during the recovery process in search of tank crewmen who were killed in action during World War II in Le Mesnil-Tove, France, Aug. 18, 2016. The screening process must be meticulous in order to ensure all possible material evidence is found. DPAA deploys teams from its operation office based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii to provide the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD Photo by Cpl. John Tran/Released) Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency Re

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Members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screen through excavated dirt during the recovery process in search of tank crewmen who were killed in action during World War II in Le Mesnil-Tove, France, Aug. 18, 2016. The screening process must be meticulous in order to ensure all possible material evidence is found. DPAA deploys teams from its operation office based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii to provide the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD Photo by Cpl. John Tran/Released) Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency Recovery operations in France 081816-M-HX747-316

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