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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)

Jose Saifoloi and PFC Lagai Malologa, 100th Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division, American Samoa, pound in stakes for tents being erected for islanders who lost their homes when Cyclone Val struck the South Pacific island of American Samoa

A port bow view of the Australian amphibious heavy lift ship HMAS TOBRUK (L 50) underway

Prince Philip of England converses with William Francisco, charge d'affaires, during a walking tour. The prince is visiting the islands to determine damage sustained from Cyclone Ofa

A workman stands by a demolished building in the village of Tuasivi on the island of Savaii during disaster relief efforts in the area. The building is one of many structures which sustained damage from Cyclone Ofa, which hit Savaii and the island of Upolu

Members of the 22nd Military Airlift Squadron and local Samoans unload a tractor-trailer containing an electrical generator and supplies from the front end of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at the Pago Pago International Airport

Army SPECIALIST Fourth Class Aristedes Gonzalez, right, representing Puerto Rico, is declared the winner of the boxing match with Paulo Tuvale of Western Samoa during the 1984 Summer Olympics

Villagers help unload supplies from a 53rd Aviation Battalion UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following its arrival on the island of Savaii. Military personnel from the United States and other nations are providing such services to Savaii and the island of Upolu as part of disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ofa