Army SGT Jared Slate, reads the serial number from of an M1, 50 caliber machine gun recovered from a P51 Mustang that crashed during World War II. Slate (left) and Air Force TSgt Todd Huerta (right), are performing recovery operations in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of the Federal Republic of Germany, 25 July, 2016. Both men are 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 possibl

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Army SGT Jared Slate, reads the serial number from of an M1, 50 caliber machine gun recovered from a P51 Mustang that crashed during World War II. Slate (left) and Air Force TSgt Todd Huerta (right), are performing recovery operations in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of the Federal Republic of Germany, 25 July, 2016. Both men are 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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