Remains of Chosin Reservoir Soldier to Return Home to Michigan
Another Korean War era hero is coming home:
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The remains of a Michigan soldier who went missing during the Korean War’s fierce Battle of Chosin Reservoir are being returned home after DNA testing confirmed that he died in that battle nearly 70 years ago.
U.S. Army Sgt. David Alexander Feriend was 23 in December 1950 when he was listed as missing in action, after the brutal 17-day siege near the Chosin Reservoir in eastern North Korea.
Feriend’s remains were among 55 boxes of human remains that North Korea turned over to the U.S. after a June 2018 summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced in August that Feriend had been “accounted for.” DNA testing verified that the remains in box number 36 were those of Feriend, WOOD-TV reported.
Army Times
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Read a book titled “East of Chosin”. Very sad how the 31st Regimental Combat Team was basicly just left there on their own. No tank support, wrong ammo dropped and the brutal cold were just some of the problems. Out of over 3 thousand troops, I think only a few hundred survived.
[Insert rant about MacArthur and Walker denying the Chinese Army was entering the war here]