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Dec. 14, 2015

 New England Family Members Remain Hopeful  

                                PORTLAND, Maine—It has been more than seven decades since World War II veteran Gene Costill saw his brother. Costill’s brother, Harold, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Harold’s            

Nov. 18, 2015

 DPAA Conducts Recovery Operations in India 

                                Thirteen members from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, along with a team from Rimo Expeditions, conducted search and recovery efforts on the Himalayan Mountains in the Arunachal Pradesh region,            

Nov. 16, 2015

 DPAA Director Visits Southeast Asia 

                                Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director Michael Linnington completed his first oversight visit to Southeast Asia last week to assess the U.S. Government’s efforts to achieve the fullest possible            

Nov. 10, 2015

 USS Oklahoma Disinterments Complete 

                    Nov. 9, 2015 —                                                The last of the unknowns from the USS Oklahoma are disinterred and ready for identification.            

Nov. 5, 2015

 U.S. and Malaysia Partnership Brings Fallen Hero Home 

                                The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has one end goal; to find our fallen service members, bring them home and provide answers to their families. On Nov. 5, at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, a            

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