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The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), also, North Korea, People's Army guards march in formation to their appointed posts during a repatriation ceremony in the Panmunjom Joint Security Area

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

Members of the Honor Guard receive the casket from the North Korean Army

North Korean soldiers carry a casket that will be passed across the Military Demarkation Line (MDL) to the U.N. Command Honor Guard soldiers during a repatriation ceremony. During the ceremony the remains of what is believed to be five U.S. soldiers that served in the Korean war were returned to the South. During the ceremony the reamains are passed across the MDL from North Korean soldiers to a group of United Nations Command Honor Guard soldiers. As the remains are passed across the MDL they are saluted by a delegation of representing members of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars, some of which served in the Korean War. A spokesman for the U.N. Command, said that the remains were...

At a repatriation ceremony at Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan (JPN), members of the United Nations (UN) Honor Guard pay their final respects to US soldiers who died during the Korean War and have been returned by the North Koreans. The soldiers will be flown home to the USA for burial. (SUBSTANDARD)

A South Korea (Republic of Korea) contractor thoroughly washes down a US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) at a wash down station for a thorough cleaning of all foreign matter before this unit transits back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)

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 ...

The country band Frontier entertains the crowd during the Columbus day carnival on Yongsan Army Post, Seoul, Korea. The band members are all active duty Army soldiers stationed at Yongsan

Republic of Korea (ROK) guards stand at their posts while providing protection for a group of visitors touring Joint Security Area (JSA). The ROK guards are tasked with providing protection for people in the JSA. The guards stand face to face with thier North Korean adversaries on a daily basis. At times the North and South Korean guards are within a couple of feet of one another

Workers from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), also, North Korea, use wide mustache brooms to sweep an area where nine caskets will be delivered on the DPRK side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) for a repatriation ceremony at the Panmunjom Joint Security Area

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Panmunjom

State: Demilitarized Zone

Country: Korea

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Mossman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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06/11/1998
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