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Forensic Anthropologist Elias Kontanis (white lab coat), Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Accounting Command (JPAC), briefs international visitors from the U.S. Army War College on Feb. 15, 2007, at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory (CIL), Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.  Mr. Kontanis is one of the scientists tasked with identifying the remains of Americans recovered from sites around the world.  The JPAC CIL is the largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world.  (U.S. Army photo by CPL. Arthur Lagrimus) (Released)

Forensic Anthropologist Elias Kontanis (white lab coat), Joint Prisone...

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: CPL Arthur Lagrimus, USA Release Status:... More

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove mud from a silt-retaining pond during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 24, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide t... More

Dr. Kenneth Hirth, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, stands by some artifacts that were moved by the 360th Transportation Company to a museum in the city during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation

Dr. Kenneth Hirth, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Long Release Status: Released to Pu... More

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jourdan Clark

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jourdan Clark

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jourdan Clark and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Garcia, members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, create a water filter during a mission in the Soc... More

Dr. Kenneth Hirth, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, looks at some of the artifacts that the 360th Transportation Company helped him to move during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation

Dr. Kenneth Hirth, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Long Release Status: Released to Pu... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Stoner, NCO in charge

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Stoner, NCO in charge

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Stoner, NCO in charge of Mortuary Affairs, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, screens a bucket of dirt at a recovery site in eastern Germany, May 18, 201... More

Dr. Meghan-Tomasita Cosgriff-Hernandez, a forensic

Dr. Meghan-Tomasita Cosgriff-Hernandez, a forensic

Dr. Meghan-Tomasita Cosgriff-Hernandez, a forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, reviews her grid of the recovery site in eastern Germany, May 18, 2016. As the recovery leader, Cosg... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Vazquez, member of

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Vazquez, member of

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Vazquez, member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, removes mud from a silt-retaining pond during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, June 1... More

Dr. Marcus Griffin, anthropologist for the 2nd Brigade

Dr. Marcus Griffin, anthropologist for the 2nd Brigade

Dr. Marcus Griffin, anthropologist for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) inspects a fruit stand in Ghazaliyah, Iraq, Jan. 13.

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove mud from a silt-retaining pond during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 24, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide t... More

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team screen dirt with local workers during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide the full... More

Capt. Thomas H. Melton, a native of Shreveport, La.,

Capt. Thomas H. Melton, a native of Shreveport, La.,

Capt. Thomas H. Melton, a native of Shreveport, La., and commander of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, and Dr. Marcus Griffin, anthropologist for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divisio... More

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, attends a Uniform and Equipment Senior Leader Engagement hosted by Marine Corps Systems Command at Marine Corps Base Quantico, V.A., Oct. 22... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Byron Lawson, life support

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Byron Lawson, life support

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Byron Lawson, life support investigator, sprays water into a screen during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 20... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dr. Mark Smith, Recovery

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dr. Mark Smith, Recovery

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dr. Mark Smith, Recovery Leader for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), surveys land in support of recovery operations in Khammouan Province, People’s Democratic Republic ... More

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove dirt from an excavation site during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide the... More

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, attends a Uniform and Equipment Senior Leader Engagement hosted by Marine Corps Systems Command at Marine Corps Base Quantico, V.A., Oct. 22... More

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, attends a Uniform and Equipment Senior Leader Engagement hosted by Marine Corps Systems Command at Marine Corps Base Quantico, V.A., Oct. 22... More

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj.

The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, attends a Uniform and Equipment Senior Leader Engagement hosted by Marine Corps Systems Command at Marine Corps Base Quantico, V.A., Oct. 22... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benjamen Dring, explosive

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benjamen Dring, explosive

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benjamen Dring, explosive ordinance disposal technician, sprays water into a silt-retaining pond during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in the Socialist ... More

From left, U.S. Army Capt. Michelle Shin, Defense POW/MIA

From left, U.S. Army Capt. Michelle Shin, Defense POW/MIA

From left, U.S. Army Capt. Michelle Shin, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team leader, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jourdan Clark, medic, remove dirt from an excavation site during a recovery... More

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team passes a bucket to local workers during a recovery mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to prov... More

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