Lena Gunn (left), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System's Armed Forces DNA Identifical Laboratory DNA analyst, swabs the cheek of Damien Rispoli, nephew of missing Army Air Force Sgt Vincent J. Rispoli, 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group (Heavy) waist gunner, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Family Member Update in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, 2018. DNA analysts from AFMES-AFDIL were on site to collect DNA samples from family members using what’s called a buccal swab, which looks similar to a cotton swab to to test for mitochondrial DNA, Y-DNA and autosomal DNA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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