A Marine of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) carries a case containing possible remains of unidentified service members during a dignified transfer, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 14, 2016. The contents of the case will be examined by forensic anthropologists and forensic odontologists at DPAA’s skeletal identification laboratory. DPAA conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations 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, dignified, dpaa, forces, mia, military, pow, pow/mia, reportage, servicemen, transfer, usa