Hawaii lab turns over remains of 64 South Korean soldiers in airfield ceremony
By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: September 27, 2018
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The remains of 64 South Korean soldiers began their final journey home Thursday following a repatriation ceremony in Hawaii that included a front-row audience of American veterans of the Korean War.
“I am honored and humbled by the reason we are gathered here this morning for this repatriation ceremony: to pay our respect to the 64 fallen South Korean soldiers who today begin their journey back home,†said Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, during the ceremony in a Hickam Airfield hangar.
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