North Korea Releases Remains to U.S.
Remains believed to be those of nine American soldiers missing in action in the Korean War were returned to the U.S. military Friday.
A U.N. honor guard team removed the remains from a plane that flew them to the U.S. Yokota Air Base near Tokyo from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, Air Force Staff Sgt. Alan Williams said.
The remains normally are taken to an Army laboratory in Hawaii for identification, Williams said.
A U.S.-North Korean team working in Unsan and Kujang counties, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, recovered the remains.
The recovery operation, the third this year, was the 15th in North Korea since a program of joint recovery missions began four years ago. Two more digs are scheduled this year, with the final operation to conclude on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the Air Force said in a statement.
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