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Defense POW/MIA Weekly Update KOREAN WAR/COLD WAR DOCUMENT FAMILY RESEARCH November 22, 2000 MIA Recovery Operation concludes in North Korea Remains believed to be those of 15 American soldiers, missing in action from the Korean War, were repatriated on Veterans Day. This equals the largest number of remains recovered during a single joint recovery operation. The remains were flown on a U.S. Air Force aircraft from Pyongyang, North Korea, under escort of a uniformed U.S. honor guard to Yokota Air Base, Japan, where a United Nations Command repatriation ceremony was held. A joint U.S.-North Korea team operating in Unsan and Kujang counties, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, recovered the remains during an operation that began Oct. 17. The area was the site of battles between Communist Chinese forces and the U. S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division, and 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions in November 1950. The 20-person U. S. team is composed primarily of specialists from the U.S. Army’s Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii (CILHI). This year’s work in North Korea was the most productive to-date, recovering 65 sets of remains during five operations. As a result of negotiated agreements with North Korea, led by the Defense Department’s POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), 107 sets of remains have been recovered in 17 joint recovery operations since 1996. Five servicemen have been positively identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Another 10 are nearing the final stages of the forensic identification process. Officials at DPMO have initiated contact with North Korean officials to begin preliminary planning for formal discussions in December to establish a schedule of operations for 2001. Of the 88,000 U.S. servicemembers missing in action from all conflicts, more than 8,100 are from the Korean War. December 18, 2000 U.S., North Korea Reach Agreement on MIA Remains Recovery U.S. and North Korean negotiators have reached an agreement for 2001 under which joint teams will recover the remains of Americans missing in action from the Korean War, marking the sixth consecutive year that the United States will conduct remains recovery operations in North Korea. The agreement, following four days of negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, led by the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, expands similar operations that have been conducted since 1996. The 2001 agreement significantly expands the size of the U.S. teams, increases the length of U.S. activities and adds areas of operations around the Chosin Reservoir to the current areas in Unsan and Kujang counties, approximately 60 miles north of the capital of Pyongyang. Ten operations will be conducted in the three areas between April and November. Each operation will last 32 days - up from 26 days each in 2000. Repatriation of remains will follow immediately thereafter. The increase in the number of days essentially equates to 60 additional days, or two complete operations, beyond the levels set in the 2000 schedules. The U.S. component of the joint teams was expanded to 28 members from 20. The agreement also establishes a procedure for sharing records and data related to witness interviews, potential burial locations and other information not previously made available by the North Koreans. During the five operations in 2000 in the Unsan and Kujang areas, joint teams recovered 65 sets of remains. Forty-two were recovered in the four previous years. Five have been positively identified, with another 10 nearing the final stages of identification. More than 8,100 servicemen are missing in action from the Korean War. Operations in 2001 will include areas of investigation near Kaechon, approximately 18 miles south of Unsan and Kujang. Kaechon includes an area nicknamed the “Gauntlet,” where the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division conducted its famous fighting withdrawal along a narrow road through six miles of Chinese ambush positions during November and December 1950. More than 950 missing in action soldiers are believed to be located in these three areas. The Chosin Reservoir campaign left approximately 750 Marines and soldiers missing in action from both the east and west sides of the reservoir in northeastern North Korea. The field teams are comprised primarily of specialists from the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii (CILHI), where the forensic identification work is done after the remains are repatriated. In addition to the mission of recovering and identifying remains from the Korea War, CILHI has the same responsibility in accounting for MIAs from the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and WWII. More information on U.S. recovery efforts is available at http://www.dtic.mil/ dpmo or http://www.cilhi.army.mil. 2001 Family Update Schedule Date Location Jan 20 ................Las Vegas, NV Feb 24 ................San Francisco, CA Mar 17 ..............San Antonio, TX Apr 21 ................Cheyenne, WY May 19 ..............Atlanta, GA Aug 18 ..............St. Paul, MN Sept 15 ..............Providence, RI Oct 20 ................Orlando, FL Nov 17 ..............Little Rock, AR Notice When calling an officer or the editor and you are leaving a message on an answering machine, speak slowly and leave your name and phone number twice. We are having problems responding because of not hearing your phone number clearly. Page 28 The Graybeards
KWVA 5oth Commemorative Events On 29 October, the Color Guard of Monroe County Chapter No.1 Korean War Veterans Association had the honor and privilege of Presenting Colors at the Buffalo Bills football game against the New York Jets, at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park (Buffalo) NY, before a sellout crowd of 72,160. Pictured below from left, Frank Nicolazzo; Bill Orman; CG Cmdr. Don Cofsky; Charles Harshbarger; Joe Vogel; Paul Wurzer KWVA President Harley Coon at 2000 50th Anniversary Korean War Commemoration event at San Francisco game with Oakland Raiders. All Korean War veterans were remembered on this day by the National Football League. We are pleased to note that the game was won in the last four seconds by the Buffalo Bills. ...even football players. We think Harley may of seen the game every now and then. Harley sent many photos but few names, so I cannot show all. I asked Harley what the score was and he said “Cheerleaders 17 49ers 3.” I do not see any Oakland Raiders photos. I guess Harley ran out of film–just teasing. Beautiful flags and... On 1 December, the Color Guard will Post Colors for the Right Honorable John Major, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, as he addresses attendees at the Lakeside Foundation 2000 Annual Gala Dinner, in Rochester, NY. In previous years, the Color Guard was privileged to be called upon by Lakeside Foundation management to Post Colors for General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1999) and General Colin Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1998). Our Thomas Daley chapter of South Jersey KWVA held a “Tell America” conference at the “Air Victory Museum” in Medford, New Jersey on Sept. 9 & 10. Shown is our table set up at the air show. There were approximately 6,000 visitors to the air show and many passed by our booth asking many questions which we happily answered about the Korean War. –Captain Andrew Thomas Jackson (Ret.) January/February, 2001 Page 29
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