Ms. Mindy Simonson, Scientific Recovery Expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), interacts with a local in Pambaniang village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on Sep. 6 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the mountainous East Sepik Province in hopes of recovering missing service members lost during World War II. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for personnel to their families and our nation.

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Keywords: dod, dpaa, guinea, papua, pow/mia, usa