Re: Hickham Teams to Hunt for MIAs
Date: January 16, 2004
"Hickam
teams to hunt for MIAs
Associated Press
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE >> Search-and-recovery teams are headed to Laos,
Cambodia and Palau this week in efforts to recover the remains of American servicemen
unaccounted for from war in Southeast Asia and World War II.
Meanwhile, a repatriation ceremony is scheduled tomorrow for remains believed
to be those of Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, the Joint POW-MIA
Accounting Command said in a news release.
Teams are set to search four sites in Laos, two in Cambodia and four in Palau.
There are about 1,800 servicemen unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, about
8,100 from the Korean War and about 78,000 from World War II, the accounting
command said.
© 2004 Honolulu Star-Bulletin"
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