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Bringing Them Home

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 17, 2019 | 7:22

More than 82,000 Americans remain missing from World War II through the Gulf Wars and other conflicts. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is devoted to accounting for military service members who are prisoners of war or missing in action.