US military plane leaves North Korea with remains of soldiers from Korean War
Source: The Hill
A U.S. military plane left North Korea on Thursday carrying the remains of U.S. troops killed decades ago in the Korean War, the White House said.
The Air Force C-17 aircraft left the coast city of Wonsan and is en route to Osan Air Base in South Korea, roughy 43 miles south of Seoul, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.
Once the remains arrive in South Korea, a formal repatriation ceremony will be held on Aug. 1.
It was not immediately clear how many remains had been handed over to the U.S., though South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday that it was about 50.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/399128-us-military-plane-leaves-north-korea-with-remains-of-soldiers-from-korean-war
ret5hd
(20,435 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"the remains of U.S. troops"
marble falls
(56,371 posts)treated like poker chips. There's hardly anyone alive to decorate these graves here anymore, wouldn't it actually be more respectful to leave these remains in NK.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)It's not just parents of those 'remains'.
There was a son on the evening news hoping to get his father's remains back for burial.
Spouses, children, grandchildren, etc.
So, there are family members alive hoping to get their loved ones home.
appalachiablue
(41,056 posts)After the war he became a cardiologist and practiced in Detroit for many years.
iluvtennis
(19,758 posts)marble falls
(56,371 posts)ProgRocknProgPol
(143 posts)marble falls
(56,371 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)In addition to the 200 sets of remains Donald said we already got - right?
Donald uses the bodies of our servicemen as tools for his propaganda lies.
Of course, Donald does not actually care about them. He likes soldiers who were not captured.
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http://time.com/5318121/president-trump-north-korea-war-soldiers-remains/
21 June
We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains sent back today, already 200 got sent back, Trump told a rally in Duluth, Minnesota Wednesday, according to Reuters.
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http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-still-has-not-returned-us-soldiers-remains-says-pompeo-1000928
29 June
U.S. Still Hasnt Received Soldiers Remains from North Korea, Says Pompeo
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)government, nor any bone experts from this administration. Nor ay members from the GOP's.
If true, about time. Bring them home. One could be my grandfather.
xor
(1,204 posts)That's in addition to not having any trust for North Korea too.
atreides1
(16,047 posts)The key problem with remains being recovered from North Korea is that often they are commingled, which means it will take longer to identify the remains...it may take years before any positive identification is made
Families are still going to be waiting for any closure!
EX500rider
(10,532 posts)"After a formal repatriation ceremony, the remains will then go to the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency lab (DPAA) in Hawaii - which describes itself as the largest anthropological lab in the world - where remains from servicemen from World War II, Korea and Vietnam are tested."
Are you under the impression that the staff there is changed under each administration? Because, no.
I am sure they will do a professional job with the ID.
GeoWilliam750
(2,519 posts)The "US Soldiers' Remains" that were handed over by North Korea were actually random animal bones, not those of US soldiers. I have not been able to find confirmation as to the veracity of this. Can anyone help?
rpannier
(24,304 posts)Not sure about US
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)on Brooke Baldwin's show on CNN, stating that North Korea has, in the past, submitted bones of dogs rather than human remains. Deceitful bastards!
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samir.g
(835 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Not just to make sure they are human,
but not Korean.
Said it on the evening news.
markses66
(94 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)DNA testing?
Now why would we need to do that? Donald says Kim is "very honorable".
(sarcasm thingie goes here)
7962
(11,841 posts)For it to happen this fast, they've had them in their possession & never gave them back.
It takes quite a bit of time to go into the field and recover remains from the 50s. So these must have already been in storage.