During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Hickam Air Force Base
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Jerry"Monk"Banks, CIV, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
20/04/2004
Location
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
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21.34927, -157.94397
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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