June 2008

These are iffy times, a lot is happening, not all of it is obvious, but we seem to be moving to good purpose. A little bad news first, it’s not very likely that we’ll be going into North Korea this year. It is still barely possibly, but the North Koreans have not been “playing us” in that direction. I say this because their whole world is one of hints and signals and indications. They seldom...
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March 2008

We do not have, just yet, an invitation from North Korea to do recovery work during 2008. It might come a little later, or not. I can’t speak to any specifics, but I haven’t given up on the possibility of “going North” later this year. Meanwhile preparations continue for work in South Korea. Our friends at the Joint POW Accounting Command (JPAC) hope to visit several areas, including the POW...
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December 2007

The year is winding down, and quite a bit will be happening in 2008. As of right now, we do not have an invitation to enter North Korea for continued recovery work. But we are hoping. These things unfold at their own pace. But there are other developments that we can speak about… Between March and September 2007, our recovery teams explored across much of South Korea. This was not unusual,...
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September 2007

Last time we spoke of Tiger Group, the first organized gathering of U.S. POWs in the Korean War. Most were taken during the opening days, from 6 July near Osan falling back to 22 July 1950 near Taejon. Not everyone captured during this early period became part of Tiger Group, but many did. Picking up the story, by foot and train they worked north, reaching Manpo on the south bank of the Yalu...
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March 2007

This will be the start of a series of items I’m providing, but I’m also looking for odd bits of memory that might help things along a bit later, when we get back into North Korea. As POWs go, Tiger Group came first, they stayed longest, and many good men did not survive that first terrible Winter. Right now, we’re trying to “prep up” for one or more missions into...
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