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Ceremony held to repatriate remains believed to be of US servicemen


A ceremony was held at Da Nang International Airport, the central city of the same name on July 16 to repatriate four sets of remains believed to be of US soldiers missing in action (MIAs) during the war in Vietnam. The event, the 166th of its kind, saw the attendance of representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP), the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Defence, and Public Security of Vietnam, and the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa province. On the US side were US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, and representatives of the US MIA

Source: Vietnam News Agency