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World War II veterans attend The Great Texas Air Show at Joint Base San Antonio, April 23 2022.

A life support investigator with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency assists with a mission in Lampang province, Thailand, to locate a missing service member from a crash site during World War II, Feb.18, 2022.

Air Force Senior Airman Mia M. Evans paints a mural of the Tuskegee Airmen inside a dining facility in Southwest Asia, Feb. 3, 2022.

A World War II veteran places his hand on the names of the Connecticut fallen at the National Iwo Jima Memorial in New Britain, Conn., Feb. 11, 2022.

Sailors from the Pearl Harbor Honor Guard transport a casket during an internment ceremony for Navy Petty Officer 1st Class James McDonald at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Jan. 19, 2022. McDonald was one of 429 sailors and Marines assigned to the USS Oklahoma who lost their lives during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The crew of the Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye, man the rails during its commissioning ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2021.

World War II veteran Harold Stephens receives a lei from a student at Mokapu Elementary School at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2021, while visiting as part of an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy Lt. j.g. Elizabeth Hwang greets a World War II "Rosie the Riveter" upon her arrival at the Honolulu International Airport, Dec. 2, 2021, to attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu.

Marines fire 3-rifle volleys during military funeral honors for Marine Corps Sgt. Fred Farris at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Oct. 4, 2021. Farris was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 20, 1943. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced his remains were accounted for last year.

Members of the Air Force Honor Guard carry the remains of Col. Richard E. Cole and the American flag during his interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, Sept. 7, 2021. Cole was the last survivor of the Doolittle Raid in which U.S. aircraft attacked Tokyo in response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Jake Larson, a World War II veteran, embraces Seaman Nicole Gonzalez in front of the USS Constitution in Boston, July 16, 2021. Larson took part in the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

U.S. service members participate in an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 24, 2021. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted ceremonies to return remains and pay tribute to the 429 sailors and Marines lost aboard the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The remains were returned from the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as the USS Oklahoma Project nears completion. In 2003, there were 394 Sailors and Marines unaccounted for from the USS Oklahoma; as of June 2021, more than 338 of those had been identified.

Sarah Adams, great-grandniece of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Shelby Treadway, receives a flag during Treadway's funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, June 2, 2021. Treadway was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which capsized during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently announced the identification of his remains through DNA analysis; he was laid to rest with full military honors.

Airmen aboard a C-130J Super Hercules watch as the aircraft passes over the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France, June 6, 2021, during a flyover to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day.

Dean “Diz” Laird, left, and Clarence “Bud” Anderson, both World War II ace pilots, watch as a KC-10 Extender taxis at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020. At 99 and 98 respectively, Laird and Anderson were high school students together in Auburn, Calif.

Coast Guard SPAR Mabel Johnson celebrates her 106th birthday as a guest at the Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Service Center in Topeka, Kan., Nov. 3, 2020. Johnson, who enlisted in 1943, was given a tour by Coast Guard leaders who expressed their appreciation for the trailblazing women of the SPARS workforce. SPARS was the women’s branch of the Coast Guard Reserve during World War II.

Betty Dybbro, a Women Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP, visits Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Oct. 21, 2020. The WASPs were federal civil service pilots who tested and ferried aircraft and trained other pilots during World War II to help offset the lack of male pilots on the home front.

Veteran Wendell Newman salutes the USS Michael Murphy during the Pass and Review portion of the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II commemoration ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sept. 2, 2020.

Vintage aircraft fly in formation over Oahu, Hawaii, as part of the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II, Sept. 1, 2020.

Sailors participate in a memorial service for Navy Lt. Demarest Lloyd, who served in World War II, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Aug. 24, 2020. Lloyd, a recipient of a Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal, died on June 12, 1944, and was reported missing at sea.