dpaa teams search around the world for remains from conflicts dating back to world war ii. there are currently close to 82,000 that are still missing of which we believe 38,000 are recoverable. chris: how do you determine whether or not remains are recoverable or not? so our historians will comb through battlefield records, archival information and if they re able to narrow down an area, we can send an archeologist or anthropologist with which to conduct a field recovery. chris: there are case files on every one of the missing and the work combines international diplomacy with csi technology. we will look at anthropology, we will look for dna association, material evidence, clavicle matching, as well as stable isotope analysis. chris: some 15% of our nation s unknown are buried in places
dpaa teams search around the world for remains from conflicts dating back to world war ii. there are currently close to 82,000 that are still missing of which we believe 38,000 are recoverable. chris: how do you determine whether or not remains are recoverable or not? so our historians will comb through battlefield records, archival information and if they re able to narrow down an area, we can send an archeologist or anthropologist with which to conduct a field recovery. chris: there are case files on every one of the missing and the work combines international diplomacy with csi technology. we will look at anthropology, we will look for dna association, material evidence, clavicle matching, as well as stable isotope analysis. chris: some 15% of our nation s unknown are buried in places