Operation Glory


Operation Glory took place from September 1, 1954 through October 1, 1954. Operation Glory was the name of the operation to transfer remains from North Korea/China to the U.N. and vice-versa at the end of the Korean War.

U.N. officials said they had definite records on 1,729 of the bodies the Communists returned. These soldiers were buried in 10 cemeteries throughout North Korea during the Allied drive to the Yalu River in the fall of 1950.

There were no exchanges on Sundays. The Communists delivered their last remains to the U.N. on September 21, 1954.

Date American Australians British S. Korean Turkish Unidentified
9/1/1954 193 7
9/2/1954 151 3 33 13
9/3/1954 85 9 56
9/4/1954 138 1 18 93
9/5/1954 (Sunday)
9/6/1954 139 18 14 9 20
9/7/1954 279 21
9/8/1954 296 1 3
9/9/1954 241 9
9/10/1954 54 1 195
9/11/1954 188 12
9/12/1954 (Sunday)
9/13/1954 300
9/14/1954 10 32 158
9/15/1954 19 281
9/16/1954 15 185
9/17/1954 1 2 197
9/18/1954 56 7 1 1 135
9/19/1954 (Sunday)
9/20/1954 132 68
9/21/1954 60 15 48
Total Returned 1869 26 51 608 1 1468