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Local contractors work to get a US supplied generator on-line. The generator and other hardware were flown to Pago Pago by a 22nd Military Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

A U.S. Army Soldier salutes while a joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing remains of believed to be of a U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. In the background is a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. (USAF PHOTO by Mysti Bicoy, CIV) (Released)

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

A hand-sketched illustration by Artist: Donald A. Gillespie. Artwork:"B-17E41-2446, Papua, New Guinea, 1942". US Air Force Art Collection

A joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing the remains of believed to be U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. (USAF PHOTO by Jerry Banks, CIV) (Released)

A quarter port stern view of the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), underway off the coast of Papua, New Guinea providing humanitarian assistance and focused medical care to the residents of the area. The MERCY is en route to its homeport after taking part in Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in response to the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Stanley T. Synar, taken at Russell Islands, July 19, 1943. 1LT Synar is an ace pilot and is credited with 5 kills. His hometown is Warner, Oklahoma

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Edwin J. Herman Jr., taken at Vella La Vella, November 14, 1943. 1LT Herman is an Ace Pilot credited with 8 kills. His hometown is Dallas, Texas

A starboard side view of the PATHFINDER CLASS: SURVEYING SHIP USNS SUMNER (T-AGS 61), underway off the coast of Hawaii (HI), during recovery operations for the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru

An air-to-air front view of five F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, flying in wedge formation while en route to Hawaii to participate in Exercise Cope Elite