​On February 27th, a Repatriation Ceremony was held at the international airport in Vientiane, Laos.  The positive result of joint field operations led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) resulted in the recovery and return of remains believed to be those of US personnel unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War.  US Ambassador Rena Bitter hosted the inspirational ceremony that formally concluded this latest of well over 100 joint investigations and recoveries since 1984.  

​US Ambassador to Laos Rena Bitter, DIA's Stony Beach Lao Specialist Duffy Spivey, and his wife Connie