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Posted on: Wednesday, July 11, 2001

Remains of U.S. servicemen repatriated from Korea, Vietnam

Advertiser photos by Bruce Asato

A joint services squad of pallbearers carries two flag-draped transport cases containing the remains of U.S. servicemen being repatriated after being listed as missing in Korean and Vietnam wars. The remains are marched past a joint services color guard away from the C-17 that brought the remains of eight Korean War and nine Vietnam War dead to Hickam Air Force Base. The remains of a crew from a crashed aircraft in Laos were among those returned.

Johnie Webb, left, of the Army's Central Identification Lab, walks with David Olson of Kansas City and Caroline Rohrer, relatives of crewmembers who died in the Vietnam-era crash in Laos.