(UPI) A team of U.S. military and civilian specialists has begun a mission in North Korea to search for remains of soldiers missing in action in the country.
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Wednesday the team of 27 entered the country April 16 for the 10th search mission in as many consecutive years, Stars and Stripes reported.
The specialists, from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, planned to focus their search on two areas Unsan County, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, and an area near the Chosin Reservoir, in the northeast.
U.S. troops battled Chinese units in Unsan County in November and December of 1950, and about 300 U.S. soldiers are believed to be missing. More than 1,000 American troops were reported missing after fighting Chinese forces from November to December 1950 in the Chosin campaign.
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