Local Lao children wait at the helicopter landing zone in the mornings and afternoons to say hello to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees (not shown) as they go to and from their recovery site in Xiangkouang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 8, 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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