The United States and Italy have signed an agreement to enhance efforts to restore the remains of American soldiers who disappeared during World War II.
The Prisoner Accounting Agency/Mia Defense (DPAA) – the US Agency in charge of identifying the fallen service members – and the Ministry of Culture of Italy A deal signed To improve operations to determine and restore the remains of military members who have fallen in Italy. Italian officials said in a statement.
The Italian Peninsula was the site of intense battles from 1943 to 1945, after The Allies invaded from Sicily And the campaign to Editing Italy From the Nazi forces.
It is difficult to determine the number of missing soldiers who were killed in Italy during World War II, but nearly 72,000 American soldiers remain missing from the war around the world, according to DPAA. remains Almost 1000 Americans Those who died in World War II have been identified since the renovation of the recovery efforts in the 1970s.
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DPAA forensic experts spend years using DNA, dental records, sinus records and x -rays on the chest to determine the remains of the service members who were killed in the fighting.
Earlier this year, a 23 -year -old American soldier has lost work during a water mission in Italy during World War II Calculated.
The new agreement to recover the remains of the soldiers who fell in Italy on Tuesday was signed by Luigi La Rocca, Head of the Heritage Protection Department in Italy, Kelly Macg, Director of DPAA.
“The right to search and remember those dead during the war is now with the protection of the archaeological heritage that the Ministry of Culture is responsible for,” said Culture Minister Alexandro Jolie on Tuesday.
Julie said that the agreement was another step in “our cooperation for ten years with the US Agency for War prisoners and lost work, such as honoring those who sacrificed their lives to contribute to our freedom.”
