WORLD : U.S. Team in Cambodia Studies Bones Said to Be From MIAs
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The first U.S. military team to visit Cambodia since the American evacuation in 1975 arrived today and examined sets of bones said to be the remains of U.S. servicemen listed as missing in action in the Indochina war.
The five-member team from the U.S Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii examined 18 sets of bones, some of which had dog tags, Cambodian officials said. The U.S. team declined to comment on their task.
Any remains that appear to be those of U.S. servicemen will be flown to Hawaii for further examination. A U.S. military transport plane is due to arrive Thursday to fly the bones out in flag-draped coffins.
The Cambodian government, which the United States has refused to recognize, has made several offers to cooperate with the U.S. missions searching for MIAs.
A number of such missions have been undertaken to Vietnam.
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