North Korea
Dog Tag of 1st Cav Medic Missing From Korean War Returned to Sons
Military Daily Link Posted in its entirety at the request of AnotherPat. The name on the dog tag returned along with the remains of troops missing from the Korean War last week was that of Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel, an Army medic from Indiana who fell in battle nearly 68 years ago. “We were […]
The lone dog tag recovered from North Korea had a name
After a solemn ceremony at Hickam, the hard work begins in identifying the remains. One family is a step nearer to closure, with the discovery of a single dog tag among the relics that the North Koreans returned with the remains. The Military Times reports the military has contacted the family of a service member […]
North Koreans may repatriate 55 sets of servicemen’s remains next week
AW1Ed sends us a link from Stars & Stripes which reports that the North Korean government may allow 55 sets of MIA/KIA remains to the United States as early as next week; The Americans planned to send transit cases via truck to the DMZ, where they would be given to the North Koreans to use […]
Norks show up for repatriation talks
According to Stars & Stripes, a North Korean delegation showed three days late for talks about repatriation of missing US servicemen at Panmunjom; The North Korean side was led by a two-star general, according to the Yonhap News Agency, which said it was the first military talks between the U.S.-led United Nations Command and the […]
Norks are no-shows at repatriation talks
According to Stars & Stripes, the North Korean delegation was a no-show at scheduled talks for repatriation of servicemembers’ remains at Panmunjom today; The no-show fuels growing skepticism over the North’s commitment to the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula as promised during the June 12 summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader […]
North Korea erasing most anti-US propaganda
The New York Post reports the North Korean government is erasing much of its anti-U.S. propaganda following dictator Kim Jong-un’s sorties onto the world stage. Posters portraying the U.S. as a “rotten, diseased, pirate nation” and promising “merciless revenge” on American forces for any attack on the Hermit Kingdom have disappeared. In their place are […]
Coffins at intra-Korean border
Stars & Stripes reports that the US Defense Department has sent 100 wooden “temporary transit cases” to the border between North and South Korea in preparation for the repatriation of the remains of folks who died in North Korea during the war. Meanwhile, it was sending 158 metal temporary transfer cases that could be used […]
North Korea may turn over remains in near future
One of our ninjas sends us a link to CNN which reports that the Trump Administration is expecting the return of the remains of US troops from North Korea; The Defense Department estimates there are up to 5,300 sets of US servicemember remains still somewhere in North Korea. A total of 7,697 personnel remain unaccounted […]
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