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Members of the Joint Service Casket Team carry the disinterred remains of the Unknown from Vietnam to a waiting hearse at Arlington National Cemetery on May 14, 1998. The remains will be taken to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for forensic testing for possible identification. Saluting in the background are Chaplain Col. Joseph O'Keeffe (left), U.S. Army, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (center) and Maj. Gen. Robert F. Foley (right), U.S. Army.

The Joint Service Casket Team carries the remains of the Unknown from Vietnam at Arlington.

Members of the Joint Service Casket Team carry the disinterred remains of the Unknown from Vietnam to a waiting hearse at Arlington National Cemetery on May 14, 1998. The remains will be taken to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for forensic testing for possible identification. Saluting in the background are Chaplain Col. Joseph O'Keeffe (left), U.S. Army, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (center) and Maj. Gen. Robert F. Foley (right), U.S. Army.

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