Remains of US missing servicemen repatriated
VOV.VN - A repatriation ceremony for remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held on April 2 at the Danang International Airport in the central city of Danang.
The three sets of remains were recovered during the 126th Joint Field Activity from February – April this year and will be brought to Hawaii for further examination.
Addressing the ceremony, a US government representative expressed thank and high appreciation for the Vietnamese government and people for their goodwill and effective cooperation in the humanitarian field over the past years.
This is the 140th hand-over of American missing servicemen's remains to the US since 1973.
The two decade-long war in Vietnam claimed the lives of 58,000 Americans and at least three million Vietnamese.
The seeking of the remains of US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam is humanitarian cooperation between the Vietnam and US governments.