Will the returned remains of American troops be identified?

According to foreign media reports, on August 1st, local time, 55 coffins of American soldiers who died during the Korean War returned from North Korea arrived in Hawaii, USA, and were escorted back to American territory by American guards of honor. It is expected that the analysis and identification of the remains will begin soon.

US Vice President Mike Pence said at the welcoming ceremony of US military remains, "Today, our children are going home."

Every coffin of American remains is covered with the American flag and carried by a marine, a sailor, a soldier and a pilot. The pallbearers gently placed dozens of metal coffins in the spacious hangar and arranged them neatly.

The U.S. military believes that these remains are those of American soldiers, or soldiers from other United Nations member countries. It is expected that the process of detailed analysis and identification of human remains will begin soon.

It is reported that the DPRK's return of the remains of the US military is the implementation of the agreement reached by the DPRK and the United States at the leaders' meeting held on June 12. The leaders of the DPRK and the United States issued a joint statement after the summit meeting, the fourth of which was "the DPRK and the United States agreed to resettle the remains of prisoners of war and war missing persons and immediately hand over the identified remains of prisoners of war and war missing persons".

On July 27th this year, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, North Korea returned the remains of 55 American soldiers. On the same day, the US military transport plane transported these remains from North Korea to Wushan base in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

On August 1st, a ceremony was held to return the remains of American soldiers to China at the Wushan base in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Fifty-five human remains were placed in metal coffins, wrapped in a blue-and-white United Nations flag. The US and South Korea honor guards escorted the coffins and fired 21 salutes.