A ROK Army Guard salutes the casket of what is believed to contain the first of five U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War who were repatriated during a ceremony at the Panmunjom Freedom House. A delegation of United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) officials received the remains from North Korean officials during the eighth repatriation ceremony held since joint search and recovery operations began in Korea in 1996. The five sets of remains brings the total returned to 19. Kim Yong-kyu, a spokesman for the U.N. command said the remains were recovered from Gaechon City, about 50 miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division suffered nearly 5,000 ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A ROK Army Guard salutes the casket of what is believed to contain the first of five U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War who were repatriated during a ceremony at the Panmunjom Freedom House. A delegation of United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) officials received the remains from North Korean officials during the eighth repatriation ceremony held since joint search and recovery operations began in Korea in 1996. The five sets of remains brings the total returned to 19. Kim Yong-kyu, a spokesman for the U.N. command said the remains were recovered from Gaechon City, about 50 miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division suffered nearly 5,000 casualties while retreating through the area after China entered the war in late 1950 heightening the possibility that the remains are of U.S. soldiers. The repatriated remains will be shipped to the Army's Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for processing.

Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD

Base: Panmunjom

State: Demilitarized Zone

Country: Korea

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jim Varhegyi

Release Status: Released to Public
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