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U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA

U.S. Army Pfc. Lloyd J. Lobdell is returned home and

On December 17, 1999, at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, caskets containing the reamins of fallen U.S. Marines from World War II, rest silently in a C-130 Hercules cargo plane

Col. Thomas A. Rudy (right), Air Force Global Strike

Family members of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Donald E.

U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, stand

A Coalition Forces convoy takes William V. Roebuck,

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

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The caisson carrying the remains of retired Marine

The caisson carrying the remains of retired Marine

A U.S. Marine salutes as the caisson carrying the remains

The casket of retired Commandant of the Marine Corps

A Marine Honor Guard Team off-loads the remains of

A caisson, holding the remains of six unclaimed veterans

The caisson arrives at the gravesite with the remains

Retired Marine continues to protect, serve

A Marine Honor Guard team transfer the remains of Gunnery

The caisson carrying the remains of retired Marine

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The caisson carrying the remains of retired Marine Col. John H. Glenn Jr., marches foreward during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 6, 2017. Glenn passed away Dec. 8, 2016. Glenn was a U.S. Marine Aviator who flew 149 combat missions during World War II and the Korean War. He later became a NASA astronaut and was the first man to orbit the earth aboard the “Friendship 7” in 1962. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate for the state of Ohio in 1974 and served four consecutive terms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul A. Ochoa)

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Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate

A memorial service is held for retired U.S. Marine

The casket of Medal of Honor recipient, retired US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdale, carried to the US Naval Academy Chapel by a ceremonial guard. His wife Sybil (wheel chair) along with friends, family members and shipmates gathered to attend the funeral service for the former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war (POW), test pilot, academic and Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5, at the age of 81

Chinese Ambassador expresses regret to U.S. for bombing of liner President Hoover. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. Chinese Ambassador C.T. Wang arriving at the State Department today where he conveyed to Secretary Hull the "profound regret" of the Chinese Government for the accidental bombing of the Dollar Liner President Hoover, and offered to make immediate redress. Under instructions from his government at Nanking, Wang told Hull that the President Hoover was hit by a Chinese aviator who mistook it for a Japanese transport. 8/31/37

The American flag draped casket of Medal of Honor recipient, retired US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdale, carried from the US Naval Academy Chapel by the ceremonial guard. Friends, family members and shipmates gathered to attend the funeral service for the former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war (POW), test pilot, academic and Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5, at the age of 81. He was a member of the US Naval Academy Class of 1947

Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey (left), commanding general

Staff Sgt. Kendrix D. Graham escorts Nancy Hazelbaker

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks salute the casket

The Ohio State University student chapter of Vets 4

Joint Service Pallbearers representing the United States

U.S. service members participate in the interment ceremony

Body Bearers with Marine Barracks Washington escort

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