13 November 2015 Tarawa Marine Returns Home 72 Years After the Battle HONOLULU - Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency performed a dignified transfer of remains, Nov. 12, 2015, for Cpl. Roger K. Nielson, a Marine killed during the WWII Battle of Tarawa.The Battle of Tarawa took place Nov. 20 1943 on the small island...
10 November 2015 State-of-the-Art Lab Helps Identify Lost Service Members JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Sifting through the remains of lost military members is no easy task, but it’s one researchers and scientists take very seriously at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency labs in Hawaii. Now, they have a brand-new building that will centralize their efforts...