MIA REMAINS FROM THREE WARS RETURNING TO AMERICAN SOIL
HICKAM AFB, HAWAII -- Remains believed to be associated with missing Americans from three wars will be honored in a ceremony Dec. 17, 9 a.m. outside the 15th Airlift Wing Base Operations Building, Hickam Air Force Base.
A joint honor guard will memorialize the arrival of the remains. Following the arrival ceremony, the remains will be transported to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory where the forensic identification process begins.
The remains are associated with the South East Asia and Vietnam Wars and World War II. JPAC teams recovered the remains from Laos, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.
The U.S. government, the Department of Defense, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command are committed to scientific excellence and the fullest possible accounting of all Americans still missing as a result of our nation's conflicts. JPAC continues to fulfill our nation¹s promise to the POW/MIA families and those Americans still waiting to come home.
Today, there is one American still missing from the Gulf War, more than 1,800 from the Vietnam War, 120 from the Cold War, more than 8,100 from the Korean War, and more than 78,000 from World War II.