Korean War Veteran’s Remains Come Home
3/5/19
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from TIME Magazine,
2/25/19:
Pvt. Hoover Jones disappeared not long after his 19th birthday at the height of the war.
How Hoover Jones came home is a story of military detective work and cutting-edge science. It involves teams of geneticists, forensic anthropologists and archival researchers. It is also a story about the persistence of history.
The war Hoover went off to fight never ended. A cease-fire signed in July 1953 left North and South Korea facing off across the heavily armed 38th parallel. Tens of thousands of Korean families remain divided, and the U.S. stations 28,500 troops in South Korea in case the cold war once again turns hot.
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