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Austin Says POW/MIA Agency's Mission Gives Confidence to Service Members in War
May 1, 2021 | BY C. Todd Lopez , DOD News
During a Friday visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, the secretary of defense visited the agency charged with attempting to locate, identify and return to families the remains of service members who were lost in combat.
A man in a business suit and a man in a military uniform talk to a woman wearing a lab coat.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the civilian and military personnel at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency that their mission not only brings closure to families whose loved one never came home from conflict, but it also provides confidence to those who are in the fight today.
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