Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) - Arepatriation ceremony of remains of US servicemen who died during the war inVietnam was held at Da Nang International Airport on September 17.
Attending the event, for theVietnamese side, were representatives from the Board of Directors of VietnamOffice for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP) and, for the US side, were representativesof the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the US MIA Office in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese side’s representativeshanded over to the US side a set of remains found by joint and unilateral excavationteams during the 132st Joint Field Activities from July to September 2018.
The remains had been jointly reviewedand concluded by Vietnamese and US forensic specialists in Da Nang that theymight be associated with US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam andwere recommended to bring to Hawaii, the US, for further review.
Addressing at the ceremony, the USGovernment’s representative expressed deep gratitude and high appreciation forthe steadfast humanitarian policy, good-will, and the full and increasinglyefficient cooperation of the Vietnamese Government and people.
The seeking of the remains of USservicemen missing during the war in Vietnam is humanitarian cooperationbetween the Vietnamese and US Government. This is the 145th hand-over ofAmerican missing servicemen’s remains since 1973.-VNA
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