Over 81,OOO American service
members are still missing in action.

Project Recover provides a direct service to MIA Gold Star families, an estimated 5 million family members today. We serve the morale of our veteran community (18 million+) and current military service community (2 million+) through our commitment to never give up on bringing home our fallen service members and remembering them through the actions of our work. Our work IS a living memorial and uniquely American.
2950+

MIAs associated with
ongoing investigations
in our database

650+

Cases in
our database

200+

MIAs associated with
documented sites

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”
Laurence Binyon
“If at any time you are worried just remember I said I‘ll be back one way or the other. I’ll get back and that’s for sure.”
Excerpt – letter from naval aviator and former MIA Wilbur Mitts to his mother, April 15th, 1944
Project Recover located his plane and recovered his remains. He was brought home to his family September 2023. Read more about Mitts’ homecoming here.
Project Recover located the the “Heaven Can Wait” B-24 in 2016. What is incredible about this story is that the extensive research 2nd Lt. Thomas Kelly’s family shared with us played a part in the discovery. In 2023, the Navy Experimental Dive Unit, in partnership with DPAA, conducted a recovery of the B-24 site. There were eleven men on that plane. We know that at least some of them are coming home. Read more about Thomas Kelly here.
55+

Completed Missions

90+
Awaiting MIA Recovery Missions
10+
Countries & Territories