Remains of American or French Soldier Found on the Korean Demilitarized Zone
|Hopefully forensic investigators can quickly identify who the remains belong to:
South Korean search crews working in the heavily fortified border area found a skeleton believed to be from an American or French soldier killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said Monday.
Stars & Stripes
The remains were unearthed Wednesday during an excavation project at the former battleground known as Arrowhead Hill, which is in the Demilitarized Zone that has divided the country since the war ended in an armistice instead of a peace treaty.
The area was cleared of land mines in the fall as part of an inter-Korean agreement reached in efforts to improve relations between the two countries in connection with separate nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington.
You can read more at the link.
At first, it appeared to be French. Then I realized it was some sort of unrelated plastic bag and not an aged white flag of surrender.
Hopefully, they’ll be able to quickly identify the remains and any surviving family members can have closure.
A partial account of the fight on Hill 281: https://donmooreswartales.com/2010/09/06/tom-miller/
Useful map:
More useful article? http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/897484.html (many relevant photos)