HA TINH, Vietnam-- A local villager waits for sandbags in preparation for excavation operations, as a part of the Defense POW/MIA Agency’s mission in the Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, Nov. 7, 2016. Recovery Team Two executed excavation operations in search of a missing Navy Pilot from the Vietnam War who went missing when his aircraft crashed during a night armed reconnaissance mission 44 years ago. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel, their families and the nation.

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