Officials announced Tuesday that the United States and Italy signed an assisting effort to restore the remains of American soldiers who were missing during World War II.

The U.S. Defense Pow/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) (the U.S. service member responsible for identifying the fallen service) and the Italian Ministry of Culture signed an agreement to improve business to find and restore the remains of fallen military members who had never occupied in Italy. Italian officials said in a statement that the memorandum also established protections of archaeological sites involved in the search efforts.

The Italian Peninsula was a fierce battle venue from 1943 to 1945, following the Allied invasion of Sicily and the liberation of Italy from the Nazi forces.

The DPAA said it was difficult to determine how many missing American soldiers were killed in Italy during World War II, but about 72,000 American soldiers remained unslaughtered in wars around the world. Since the resumption of work in the 1970s, the remains of nearly 1,000 Americans who died in World War II have been identified.

DPAA's forensic experts use DNA, dental records, Sinus Records and Chest X-rays to spend years identifying service personnel who died in combat.

Earlier this year, a 23-year-old American soldier disappeared during a water mission in Italy during World War II Been explained.

Luigi La Rocca, head of the Italian Ministry of Heritage Conservation, and Kelly McKeague, DPAA director, signed a new agreement to restore the remains of Italian fallen soldiers on Tuesday.

“Studying and remembering those who died during the war is now combined with the archaeological heritage that the Ministry of Culture is responsible for protecting the Ministry of Culture,” Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli said on Tuesday.

Julie said the agreement is “a decade of cooperation with American prisoners of war and missing in operations to pay tribute to those who sacrifice their lives to contribute to our freedom.”