The Graybeards – KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

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A: First Repatriation made at DMZ in 1996.
B: At Yakota, Japan. Veterans & Honor Guard.
C: Remains arrive by C-17 at Hickam AFB, HI
D: CILHI (l) KPA (r) buckets taken to screeners.
Korean War Veterans Association
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E KPA soldiers sifting, CILHI member center.
F Trenching burial site in Unsan, North Korea.
G: Recovery site in flat areas like rice patty’s.
H: Chosin Reservoir - Village and hill markings.
“Keeping the Promise” is the motto of the
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
(DPMO). It refers to the efforts of the U.S.
Government to recover and account for
missing Americans. It requires a worldwide
effort to ensure progress towards achieving
the ultimate goal: “Fullest Possible
Accounting.”
The DPMO works to limit the loss of those
Americans placed in danger of isolation, and
to bring home those captured or killed while
serving our country. The public families, veterans,
and professional groups demand
that no stone be left unturned in POW/MIA
accounting efforts. To the loved ones of
those Americans who have sacrificed so
much in service to the United States, the
DPMO offers this pledge:
“To do the utmost to ensure proper
resources and training for American recovery
forces and to keep seeking those who
remain missing.”
KOREAN WAR
Despite a long period of denied access to
North Korea that has frustrated our post-war
accounting efforts, the Korean War accounting
effort is a high priority for the U.S.
Government. The USG negotiates with the
North Koreans for access into North Korea
to conduct Joint Recovery Operations
(JROs) to search for missing service members.
These operations are resulting in
recoveries and accounting of Korean War
losses. The DPMO also updates files to
assist in refining the investigative work.
DPMO and CILHI officials talk regularly with
their North Korean counterparts. Once
remains are recovered and returned to the
U.S., CILHI initiates work to identify them.
More than 8,100 Americans remain unaccounted
for from this war.
(The first recovery in 1996 was Cpl.
Lebouef. Many thanks to DPMO and especially
to Larry Greer, Public Affairs for photos
and text. KWVA’s veterans are proud of
DPMO and all the team, including those
from CILHI for your efforts to bring our
MIA’s home. May God Bless all of you.)
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