September 2009

This is the story of a place that never was, yet it took on a “life” all its own. The story is worth telling, for many of you had a hand in it. But first, some background info. We begin with POWs captured in 1951. The Chinese pressed into South Korea, and a flow of POWs began to work its way north. Those captured in January and February 1951 stopped en route at the Suan Bean Camp, a very real...
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July 2009

Accounting for former POWs and other missing men can become an adventure, because there are always new discoveries. So now, a story that you probably haven’t heard before. We begin with Tiger Group, which contained the fi rst U.S. POWs and quite a few civilians. It is very well known. Most of the men in Tiger Group were captured between 6 and 22 July 1950. Others joined later, but this is how...
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March 2009

New Year has begun, and we are looking back over many of our records. We’re trying to resolve several questions that could prove helpful to recovery teams going into the field in 2009. As I write in late January, we have not yet had direct contact with North Korean authorities. There is still a little time, as Winter moves toward Spring. But we do not have any firm basis for expecting to go back...
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December 2008

A lot has happened this year and we’re expecting even greater events in 2009. In passing, I’m writing a bit before the Presidential Election, at the end of October. More on that in a moment! Meanwhile, so far in 2008, Joint POW Accounting Command (JPAC) has successfully identified the remains of 17 service members from the Korean War and sent them home to their families. About 10 others have...
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September 2008

To follow-up on recent conversations, we’ve had quite a few questions on who and where and how many, with respect to missing men in the Korean War. Please let me give you my best numbers as of right now, 22 August 2008. These should prove useful, as we continue to discuss: 8,056 missing men 2,034 prisoners of war (POW) 1,784 killed in action (KIA) 4,140 missing in action (MIA) 98 non-battle...
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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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