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The caskets of Major (MAJ) Arthur G. Bonifas and First Lieutenant (1LT) Mark T. Barrett are carried from a C-130 Hercules aircraft by a US Army military police honor guard. The officers were attacked and killed by a group of North Korean guards during an incident in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea, on August 18,1976

1ST Lieutenant (1LT) Christopher D. Karls, 63rd Military Air Wing (MAW); completes paperwork in the Military Airlift Command airlift control element facility. The 63rd MAW is transporting troops and equipment to the base from Fort Hood, Texas, during PURPLE PENNY, a mobility exercise simulating a deployment to South Korea following an attack by North Korean forces

A ROK Army Guard salutes the casket of what is believed to contain the first of five U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War who were repatriated during a ceremony at the Panmunjom Freedom House. A delegation of United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) officials received the remains from North Korean officials during the eighth repatriation ceremony held since joint search and recovery operations began in Korea in 1996. The five sets of remains brings the total returned to 19. Kim Yong-kyu, a spokesman for the U.N. command said the remains were recovered from Gaechon City, about 50 miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division suffered nearly 5,000 ...

As a United Nations Command honor guard composed of American, South Korean, and Thai soldiers carry a casket believed to contain the remains of one of five U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Korean War, officials, lead by U.S. Army COL Donald Kropp, from the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) salute the casket draped with the U.N. flag. The UNCMAC officials received the remains from North Korean officials during the eighth repatriation ceremony held at the Panmunjom Freedom House since joint search and recovery operations began in Korea in 1996. The five sets of remains brings the total returned to 19. Kim Yong-kyu, a spokesman for the U.N. command said the...

Members of the North Korean Army bring the casket to the South Korean side of Panmunjom. South Korean officials will receive the casket from the North Korean soldiers

US Army Japan (USARJ) Command Chaplain, Colonel (COL) Sidney J. Marceaux, USA, leads the Yokota AB and United Nations personnel in prayer during a Repatriation Ceremony. 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

Members of the United Nations Honor Guard carry the remains of soldiers found in Korea. 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. The ceremony consists of a 21-gun salute, a prayer, a bagpipe tribute, and a wreath tribute from the local VFW Post

Lieutenant General (LTC) Chang Ki Oh, Commander of the Korean army II Corps, speaks with Major General (MGEN) Claude M. Kicklighter, Commander, 25th Infantry Division, at a maneuver site during the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'85. With them is Captain (CPT) Steven Lee, aide de camp, and interpreter for Kicklighter

Major General (MGEN) Claude M. Kicklighter, Commander, 25th Infantry Division, speaks with Representative Woo Byung-Ku of the Masan National Assembly at a ceremony commemorating the defense of Mason during the Korean War. The ceremony is being held during the joint U.S/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT`85

The caskets of Major (MAJ) Arthur G. Bonifas and First Lieutenant (1LT) Mark T. Barrett are placed in vans by a US Army military police honor guard. The officers were attacked and killed by a group of North Korean guards during an incident in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea, on August 18,1976

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Base: Yokota Air Base

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mike Creen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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