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The Guadalcanal Campaign: US Returns to Recover
August 13, 2024 — DPAA is an organization of military and civilian personnel that fulfills the nation’s obligation to ensure the fullest possible accounting of its missing personnel to their families and the nation. Teams consisting of anthropologists, EOD technicians, independent duty medical technicians, public affairs specialists and more, are deployed worldwide to locations of past conflicts to investigate, excavate and recover U.S. personnel losses... MORE

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery team members and local Solomon Islanders work together to screen dirt from an excavation site during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 23, 2024.

Pacific Marines, U.S. Ambassador Commemorate 82nd Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal
August 7, 2024 — Pacific Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu, hosted the 82nd Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of the Battle of Guadalcanal at the American War Memorial, Aug. 7, 2024... MORE

Archbishop Christopher Cardone gives the opening prayer during the 82nd Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal Ceremony at the Guadalcanal American Memorial in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2024. The ceremony commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the battle, and served to honor the fallen and strengthen the U.S. relationship with the Solomon Islands and other Pacific allies and partners. The historic battle was codenamed Operation Watchtower and was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the allied forces in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Kassie McDole)

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