VFW Post 9555 members, Kevin itchell, (front), and Donald Carnahan bow their heads in prayer during a United Nations Committee Repatriation Ceremony held at Yokota AB, Japan. The ceremony honors the remains of lost soldiers' brought back to protected soil. The remains were found in North Korea around the city of Pyongyang, within Unsan and Kujang provinces, near the Chong Chon River and around the Chosin Reservoir. In all, 17 bodies were discovered. The United Nations held a Repatriation Ceremony upon their return to NATO soil
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Yokota Air Base
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/10/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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