The United States has returned 64 sets of South Korean soldiers' remains to their homeland.
The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency handed over the remains of the fallen heroes to South Korean representatives at the send-off ceremony on Thursday local time in Hawaii.
The remains were found during the joint discovery operations in North Korea from 1996 to 2005,... and were identified as South Korean nationals through a joint forensic review.
The DPAA said it is the largest transfer of war remains between the two allies.
The repatriation ceremony is set to take place at Seoul Air Base on October 1st,... which will mark the 70th Armed Forces Day in South Korea.