Service members, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, conduct a re-patriation ceremony at-sea for the remains of unaccounted-for service members that were recovered during a diving operation off the coast of Longue Pointe De Mignan, Quebec. A 50-person recovery team from JPAC, MDSU 2, and civilian mariners from the USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53), conducted underwater excavations searching for five Americans that were lost when their PBY-5A aircraft crashed in November 1942. JPAC conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify u
Service members, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, conduct a re-patriation ceremony at-sea for the remains of unaccounted-for service members that were recovered during a diving operation off the coast of Longue Pointe De Mignan, Quebec. A 50-person recovery team from JPAC, MDSU 2, and civilian mariners from the USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53), conducted underwater excavations searching for five Americans that were lost when their PBY-5A aircraft crashed in November 1942. JPAC conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support the Department of Defense's personnel accounting efforts. US Navy divers search for the remains of 5 un-accounted for service members from 1942 120802-N-OT964-118
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