Until they All Come Home

[C-MAC]

December 9, 2010 - 10:41 PM | by: Adam Housley

Thousands of miles away from home and years away from battle, a specialized military and civilian crew digs for answers in the middle of the Vietnam jungle, hoping to find remains of life and put to final rest one of the 84,000 Americans still missing in action. The process can be tedious and in some cases dangerous, as some sites are wedged into the sides of mountains, while others are still littered with unexploded ordinances.

Called 'the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command or JPAC', about 300 men and women travel around the world to recover the missing from past wars. Split into 18 recovery teams on site, they are comprised of a forensic anthropologist, a sergeant, linguist, medic, life support technician, forensic photographer, a communications technician/operator and an explosive ordnance disposal technician...among others experts who are needed depending on the terrain and locale. Once the recovery has been completed and that process can take many weeks, the team holds a ceremony and the remains are then brought back to the laboratory in Hawaii.


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[al_2ndWolfhounds]

Great organization, they just recently identified and laid to rest a MIA from WWI. 90 years from death/MIA to identification.

[Steadfast]

I think the Unknown Soldier (from Vietnam) was identified through DNA from a relative about 2 or 3 years ago.