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Service members place two caskets covered by American flags into a vehicle while other service members stand at attention on a road. Other vehicles are parked in the background.

Disinterment Ceremony

Service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Feb. 26, 2024. Eight of approximately 2,000 remaining World War II unknowns in the cemetery were transferred to the DPAA laboratory, where they will undergo further scientific analysis and possible identification.

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