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Re: DoD News: Remains of U.S. Servicemen Recovered in North Korea
The five sets of remains found in the Chosin (Changin)
area were probably members of the 31st RCT (aka TF
Faith).
For those of you who may find themselves in Honolulu
on 13 November, the US Pacific Command will conduct a
Joint Services Arrival Ceremony to honor these
servicemen at 9 AM at Hickam Air Force Base. I have
attended one of these ceremonies and they are very
moving and well-executed.
The United Nations Command will run a similar ceremony
at Yokota Air Base in Japan on 10 November.
Mike Davino
--- paul <paw1924@swbell.net> wrote:
> I saw this on DefenseLINK and thought you'd be
> interested...
>
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/b11092001_bt578-01.html
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<CENTER><H3>REMAINS OF U.S. SERVICEMEN RECOVERED IN
NORTH KOREA</H3></CENTER>
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Remains believed to be those of eight American
soldiers, missing in action from the Korean War, will
be repatriated in formal ceremonies Saturday, Korea
time. This repatriation marks the end of this year's
operations.
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The remains will be flown on a U.S. Air Force aircraft
from Pyongyang, North Korea, under escort of a
uniformed U.S. honor guard to Yokota Air Base, Japan,
where a United Nations Command repatriation ceremony
will be held.
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Operating near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, a
joint team recovered five remains believed to be those
of U.S. Army soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division
who fought against Chinese forces Nov.-Dec. 1950.
Approximately 1,000 MIAs are estimated to have been
lost in battles of the Chosin campaign.
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Additionally, a second team recovered three sets of
remains in Unsan and Kujang counties and along the
Chong Chon River, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang.
The area was the site of battles between Communist
forces and the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division, and
2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions in November 1950. The
Defense Department's POW/Missing Personnel Office
negotiated an agreement with the North Koreans last
year that led to the scheduling of this year's
operations.
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The 28-person U.S. teams are composed primarily of
specialists from the Army's Central Identification
Laboratory Hawaii (CILHI).
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This year's schedule of operations in North Korea was
the largest since they began five years ago, with 10
individual operations conducted near the Chosin
Reservoir, as well as in the Unsan, Kujang and Kaechon
City areas.
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Twenty-seven individual joint operations have been
conducted since 1996 in North Korea, recovering 152
sets of remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers.
Ten have been positively identified and returned to
their families for burial with full military honors.
Another 12 are in the final stages of the forensic
identification process.
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