U.S.-Lao Team Digs for Bodies
From Times Wire Services
A joint U.S.-Lao team searching for American MIAs in Laos began excavating the crash site of an Air Force plane that was shot down at Pakse in 1972 with 13 men aboard, officials said today.
In a related development, the Vietnamese government has said it will turn over to the United States the remains of five Americans listed as missing in action in the Vietnam War, reliable sources disclosed today. Nearly 2,500 Americans are still listed as MIAs in Indochina.
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