There are over 81,000 missing in action American service members lost among the globe. In this special Memorial Day episode, host Tricia Menke interviews Rear Admiral Darius Banaji about how the DoD POW/MIA Accounting Agency searches for those missing.
No one left behind. To the men and women of the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), this isn’t just a nice phrase. It’s a way of life. The DPAA searches for and recovers missing service members from World War II to today. Admiral Banaji, the the DPAA’s Deputy Director of Operations, explains the process DPAA uses for finding missing service members, recounts the amazing success they had identifying sailors from the USS Oklahoma, and shares the most memorable moments on the job. You don’t want to miss this special Memorial Day episode.