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Korean War Reparation Ceremony Held In South Korea, Hawaii

Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of United Nations Command, spoke at a repatriation ceremony for 55 sets of human remains from the Korean War at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 1, 2018. Later that day, the remains were flown to Hawaii, where Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a ceremony held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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Pence welcomes return of presumed Korean War dead

HONOLULU — Decades after the end of the Korean War in 1953, the remains of dozens of presumed U.S. war dead returned Wednesday to Hawaii for analysis and identification. The U.S. military believes the bones are those of U.S. servicemen and potentially servicemen from other United Nations member countries who fought alongside the U.S. on behalf of South Korea during the war.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a ceremony before the flag-draped containers carrying the remains were brought off airplanes in sets of four as solemn music played.

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2020 R.O.K. Repatriation

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and service members from South Korea take part in a repatriation ceremony on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (video by Staff Sgt. Apryl Hall and Sgt. Angel Vasquez)

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Republic of Korea Repatriation

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), deputy director for operations, His Excellency SUH Wook, Minister of National Defense, Republic of Korea, and HEO Wook Goo Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI) sign the transfer of remains document during a repatriation ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 22, 2021. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 68 fallen South Korean, and believed to be six U.S. Service members who fought during the Korean War. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 68 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified.

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DPAA and ROK Host 2023 Repatriation Ceremony B-roll

Service members from the U.S., Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United Nations conduct a Korean War Remains Repatriation Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 25, 2023. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer remains and commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Armistice between the U.S. and the ROK. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Korean War Identification Project. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the ROK's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Obtained from various sources, over 200 sets of remains of ROK service members were held in DPAA’s laboratory, whereby after multiple Joint Forensic Reviews (JFR) and years of collaboration, were repatriated through the United Nations Command to the ROK in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021 ceremonies. There were seven sets of remains repatriated with one holding a positive identification. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Annaliss Candelaria and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

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