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The United Nations Command, with support from U.S. Forces Korea and the South Korean Defense Ministry, repatriates 55 sets of Korean War remains returned by North Korea, Aug. 1, 2018. South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo and U.S. Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of United Nations Command, co-host the repatriation ceremony in Osan, South Korea. North Korea recently turned over the remains to the U.S. and is the first mass turnover of remains since the early '90s. Carry teams move fifty-five transfer cases, containing what are believed to be the remains of American service members lost in the Korean War, to the DPAA facility at JBPH-H for identification. Later, The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conduct an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam(JBPH-H), Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2018.