Posted on 04/15/2013 10:13:53 PM PDT by tsowellfan
Vietnamese officials have sent what are believed to be the remains of an American serviceman killed during the Vietnam War to the US to be identified, Vietnam News Agency reported.
The remains and personal items believed to have belonged to the deceased were recovered during the 110th Joint Field Activity conducted from March to April this year.
A joint analysis of the remains by Vietnamese and US forensic specialists concluded that they might be that of a US soldier listed as missing in action in Vietnam, and recommended the remains be sent to Hawaii for further examination.
A repatriation ceremony took place on Sunday at Da Nang International Airport.
The ceremony was attended by representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP) and representatives from the US Defense Attaché Office, the US Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the US MIA Office in Hanoi.
Addressing the ceremony, a US government representative expressed appreciation for the steadfast humanitarian policy, goodwill and cooperation of the Vietnamese government and people in repatriating the remains of US servicemen and women.
Recovering the remains of US servicemen killed during the war in Vietnam is a joint humanitarian effort between the governments of Vietnam and the US. The latest handover was the 126th such repatriation since 1973.
Vietnamese statistics have estimated that around 300,000 Vietnamese soldiers are still listed as missing in action (MIA).
Of the American MIAs, about 1,300 cases are in Vietnam. Most of the rest, in Cambodia and Laos, were in areas under Vietnamese control, the US government said.
and look who was left to go to college and become big shots?....the useless limousine liberals...Clintoon comes to mind...
may God bless his soul...
What are you talking about, cherry?
Yes, may God bless his soul, indeed.
Perhaps some American family will get closure.
By all good hope, his familiy.
They are profoundly ceremonious about this procedure in the military, sending out delegations, honor guard, etc. The people in Guam, where they land, have a detail of civilians who go to the flight line to meet them and pray.
It would be nice if this American Hero could be followed up on so that we could learn a bit more about him and his family in the days ahead.
Welcome Home.
I don't speak for Cherry but presume she is talking about the infamous draft dodger Bill Clinton.
I should have offered my question directly to the idea/theme, that VN Vets came home drug addicted, in large numbers. This has been “a stone in by boot”, for a few decades, now. It is not true. Nothing against Cherry, what so ever. Her other points are well founded. The drug addiction meme, I will always challenge, Greybeard58. Best to ya & Cherry.
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