Posted on 07/26/2018 12:01:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea is expected to hand over the remains of a number of U.S. service members who were killed during the Korean War on Friday, the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended the fighting, according to reports in South Korean media.
If the exchange happens, it would mean that one part of the agreement reached between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12 had been partially fulfilled - albeit at a slower time frame than many had anticipated.
Yonhap News agency reported on Thursday that North Korea had accepted 100 wooden transit caskets that it planned to use to return the remains on Friday. U.S. Forces Korea had moved the caskets into the de-militarized zone that separates the Korean peninsula in late June.
A U.S. official told The Washington Post last week that North Korea had agreed to hand over around 55 sets of remains. Friday was suggested as a likely date for the repatriation due to its symbolic importance as the anniversary of the armistice, but the official cautioned that the date could change and that the number of remains would need to be checked after they are handed over.
If the remains are returned, there will need to be scientific testing to confirm they belong to American soldiers from the Korean War. In the past, North Korea has been accused of deliberately including non-American bones - even animal bones - in a bid to fool U.S. authorities.
If they are American, the remains will then be sent to Hawaii, where the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam run by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will try to identify them. That process could well take years, U.S. officials have cautioned....
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If nothing else, Trump facilitated this.
Good for him.
And may all those affected families find peace. God bless you Mr. President.
Thank you, DJT, I know the f*cking media will not give you credit for this.
May the bodies now rest in peace.
I hope the Norks follow through.
Yes, I agree.
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