Examples of DPAA Partnerships & Innovations Recovery Methodology

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond the Battlefield: The Search for World War II’s Missing in Action by DPAA and Its Partners", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is responsible for repatriating America's missing service personnel from overseas conflicts. In the past 10 years DPAA has partnered with external organizations to increase the number of projects completed per year. These partner survey and recovery operations are led by register-qualified archaeologists as part of the forensic accounting process. DPAA's projects differ from comprehensive site excavation due to the mission and charter of the agency, which is to account for material and biological evidence of MIAs only. This presentation introduces priorities for the archaeological approach to survey and recover from military aircraft sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• Beyond the Battlefield: The Search for World War II’s Missing in Action by DPAA and Its Partners

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