service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) carry transfer cases during a solomn movement of remains, believed to be of unidentified military personnel lost during the Battle of Tarawa, at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, March 13, 2018. The contents of the transfer cases will be examined by forensic anthropologists at DPAA’s skeletal identification laboratory. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Seth Coulter)

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