U.S., Laotian Experts to Search for MIAs

U.S. and Laotian experts began the first joint search Wednesday for evidence of the fates of Americans believed captured by Communist Laotian forces during the Indochina War, the U.S. Embassy said.

Since 1985, the government of Laos has helped search for the remains of men killed in air crashes but has never agreed to help look into the cases of men believed to have been captured. Now a five-man U.S. team will conduct a nine-day investigation.