Army Specialist Maria Lopez, readies a hose used to drain a suspected crash creator during recovery operations in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of the Federal Republic of Germany, 15 July, 2016. Lopez is a recovery non-commissioned officer assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducting a fifty three day operation to recover the remains of a pilot missing from the later days of World War II. The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD Photo by Bill Dashe

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Army Specialist Maria Lopez, readies a hose used to drain a suspected crash creator during recovery operations in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of the Federal Republic of Germany, 15 July, 2016. Lopez is a recovery non-commissioned officer assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducting a fifty three day operation to recover the remains of a pilot missing from the later days of World War II. The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD Photo by Bill Dasher/Released)

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