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Members of the 17-3VM Recovery Team, deployed by Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA), excavate soil from a unit as part of a recovery mission in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, June 3, 2017. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for a proper burial with full military honors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)


The search to bring home our fallen

Members of the 17-3VM Recovery Team, deployed by Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA), excavate soil from a unit as part of a recovery mission in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, June 3, 2017. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for a proper burial with full military honors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Stienke, Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency recovery NCO, tightens a strap on a litter during medical evacuation training in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 11, 2017. The training provided each member with knowledge of how to properly set up and carry the litter in case someone needed to be evacuated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
U.S. service members work alongside Vietnamese personnel to place sandbags on the edge of a tarp to keep the soil inside of excavated units dry in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, June 6, 2016. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and their nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
U.S. Army Staff Sg. Vince Cruz, Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency mountaineer, completes repelling training with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Stienke, DPAA recovery NCO, prior to the teams search for a missing service member from the Vietnam War in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 11, 2017. The repel training helps the members ensure the rope properly works and become familiar with the terrain in case personnel needs to be transported using the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
U.S. service members work alongside Vietnamese personnel to place sandbags on the edge of a tarp to keep the soil inside of excavated units dry in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, June 6, 2016. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and their nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
A Vietnamese worker sprays water on soil to see if there are any parts from a fallen aircraft or service member in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 27, 2017. The local nationals the service members increase the amount of work that is completed throughout the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Vietnamese personnel screen soil as they work alongside Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency members in hopes of recovering parts from a fallen aircraft or service member in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 27, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and their nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Vietnamese personnel screen soil as they work alongside Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency members in hopes of recovering parts from a fallen aircraft or service member in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 27, 2017. The local nationals the service members increase the amount of work that is completed throughout the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
U.S. Service members and Vietnamese personnel take a break near the wet screening station after searching for a fallen service member from the Vietnamese War in Phuoc Son providence, Vietnam, May 27, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and their nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)