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Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Glossary

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (often referred to as JPAC) was a joint task force within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) whose mission was to account for Americans who are listed as Prisoners of War (POW), or Missing in Action (MIA), from all past wars and conflicts.^[1]

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Baron 52

Baron 52 was the call sign of a United States Air Force EC-47 carrying eight crew members that was shot down over Laos during the predawn hours of 5 February 1973, a week after the Paris Peace Accords officially ended the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Baron 52 are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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Bill Genaust

William Homer Genaust (October 12, 1906 – March 4, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was missing in action during the battle of Iwo Jima while serving as a war photographer in World War II.

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Bomb disposal

Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Cargo aircraft

A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of cargo rather than passengers.

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Chuck Hagel

Charles Timothy Hagel (born October 4, 1946), Associated Press, published in The News-Times, December 17, 2012.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover unaccounted Department of Defense personnel listed as prisoners of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA) from designated past conflicts, from countries around the world. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency are missing people organizations based in the United States.

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Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), as part of the United States Department of Defense, was an organization that reported to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy through the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs). Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office are missing people organizations based in the United States and Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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Forensic anthropology

Forensic anthropology is the application of the anatomical science of anthropology and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy, in a legal setting.

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Hanoi

Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.

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Hostile work environment

In United States labor law, a hostile work environment exists when one's behavior within a workplace creates an environment that is difficult or uncomfortable for another person to work in, due to illegal discrimination.

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Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (い, literally: "Sulfur Island"), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago.

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Joe Rosenthal

Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

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Joint Personnel Recovery Center

The Joint Personnel Recovery Center (often referred to as JPRC) was a joint task force within Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) active from 1966 to 1973, whose mission was to account for United States, South Vietnamese and Free World Military Assistance Forces (FWMAF) personnel listed as Prisoners of War (POW) or Missing in Action (MIA) in the Vietnam War. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and joint Personnel Recovery Center are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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Kirk von Ackermann

Kirk von Ackermann (– 9 October 2003) was an American contractor who disappeared in Iraq in 2003.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1961–1965)

This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period 1961–1965. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and list of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1961–1965) are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1966–67)

This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period 1966–67. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and list of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1966–67) are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1968–69)

This article is a list of U.S. MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period 1968–69. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and list of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1968–69) are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1970–71)

This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period from 1969–1971. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and list of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1970–71) are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1972–1975)

This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period from 1972–75. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and list of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1972–1975) are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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Missing in action

Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Mortuary Affairs

Mortuary Affairs is a service within the United States Army Quartermaster Corps tasked with the recovery, identification, transportation, and preparation for burial of deceased American and American-allied military personnel.

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National League of POW/MIA Families

The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, commonly known as the National League of POW/MIA Families or the League, is an American 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization that is concerned with the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and National League of POW/MIA Families are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Oahu

Oahu (Hawaiian: Oʻahu) is the most populated and third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Offutt Air Force Base

Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

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Paul F. Lorence

Paul F. Lorence (February 17, 1955 – April 15, 1986) was a captain in the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.

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Structure of the United States Air Force

The structure of the United States Air Force refers to the unit designators and organizational hierarchy of the United States Air Force, which starts at the most senior commands.

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Task force

A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Indo-Pacific Command

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and United States Indo-Pacific Command are military units and formations in Hawaii.

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Vientiane

Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan) is the capital and largest city of Laos.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Vietnam War POW/MIA issue

The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue concerns the fate of United States servicemen who were reported as missing in action (MIA) during the Vietnam War and associated theaters of operation in Southeast Asia. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Vietnam War POW/MIA issue are Vietnam War POW/MIA issues.

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Wil S. Hylton

Wil S. Hylton is an American journalist.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_POW/MIA_Accounting_Command

Also known as JPAC, Joint P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Command, Joint POW Command, Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command, Joint Task Force Full Accounting, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting.

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Glossary

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See also

Commands of the United States Armed Forces

Military units and formations in Hawaii

Missing people organizations based in the United States

Oahu

Vietnam War POW/MIA issues

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