Episode 214: Tango Alpha Lima: DPAA Director Kelly McKeague
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HONOR & REMEMBRANCE
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THE INTERVIEW
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director Kelly McKeague talks about DPAA’s mission to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation.
He shares details of the complicated work that can take decades, the dedicated teams who work to recover and identify remains and how they are motivated by the emotional stories of the families of the missing.
SCUTTLEBUTT
POW-MIA servicemembers from the Cold War
The only Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient
The story of Taps
Special Guest: Kelly McKeague.
Links:
- Watch video of this episode on YouTube
- National Poppy Day
- Saving lives of veterans, their families, and communities with the Columbia Protocol | The American Legion
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
- Luther H Story | Korean War | U.S. Army | Medal of Honor Recipient
- DPAA Agency Video - YouTube
- USAJOBS - The Federal Government's official employment site
- The next chapter > Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency > Our Stories
- Be the One | The American Legion
- The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing Marines
- Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever | Military.com
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