Army Lt. Col. Daniel McKeegan, Director of Expeditionary Support for Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), cuts down a tree in an excavation unit for a DPAA recovery mission Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Nov. 12, 2016. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for from the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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Keywords: accounting, agency, archive, armed, defence, defense, dpaa, forces, guadalcanal, islands, military, pow/mia, recovery, reportage, servicemen, solomon, usa, wwii