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Remains Of U.S. War Dead Found In N. Korea
AP via The Carolina Channel ^
| August 20, 2002
| AP
Posted on 08/20/2002 7:51:55 AM PDT by wimpycat
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon says search teams have found the remains of seven American soldiers in North Korea.
The soldiers have been classified as missing in action. The remains are being flown on a U.S. Air Force plane to Japan. They'll go to the military's central identification lab in Hawaii after that.
More than 8,100 U.S. soldiers remain unaccounted for from the 1950-1953 Korean War.
U.S. search teams have recovered 159 sets of remains in North Korea since 1996. Only 13 have been positively identified.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: forgottenwar; koreanwar; military; missinginaction
This is for anyone interested in the Korean War, and for anyone who has, or knows someone who has, relatives still classified as MIA from the Korean War.
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posted on
08/20/2002 7:51:56 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
To: wimpycat
The NK's regularly sell "remains" from the war when they need something from us.
To: Vic3O3
POW Ping!
Semper Fi
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posted on
08/20/2002 8:13:34 AM PDT
by
dd5339
To: dd5339
bump
To: wimpycat
As I have said before. This is a disgrace that almost 50 years have passed and our government has failed to account for the over 8,000 MIA's from the Korean War. God bless them all and their families. Semper Fi
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posted on
08/20/2002 8:20:45 AM PDT
by
kellynla
To: wimpycat
Thank you for this post and info.
Dub
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posted on
08/20/2002 8:35:27 AM PDT
by
Dubya
To: wimpycat
I offer a prayer that the remains will be identified and the information will bring peace to their survivors.
To: All
U.S. MILITARY KOREAN WAR STATISTICS
BATTLE DEAD* 33,686 (*Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the Missing Persons Act)
Killed in Action 23,637
Died of Wounds 2,484
Died While Missing (MIA) 4,759
Died While Captured (POW) 2,806
Total: 33,686
NON-BATTLE DEATHS 2,830
TOTAL DEATHS IN THEATER: 36,516
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posted on
08/20/2002 8:45:15 AM PDT
by
Dubya
To: wimpycat; dd5339
"Thus saith the Lord, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; for they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border." Jeremiah 31: 16-17 (KJV)
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posted on
08/20/2002 11:55:14 AM PDT
by
Vic3O3
To: wimpycat
My wife's uncle is one of the MIA from the war. His body is in NK somewhere.
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