A precursor to Fox Newss morning show, featuring the news and first looks at the other stories of the day. Good evening. I am general benton k brooks, Commander United Nations command. I welcome the many distinguished guests who have joined the command, honoring the remains of fallen warriors from the korean war as we send them away from this ancient land to the Identification Laboratories in the United States where they can be positively identified and returned finally to their country and their families who never forgot them or the war that claimed them. To the distinguished representatives of the republic of korea government, led by the minister of defense, to the excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps and attache core representing United Nations member states, sent forces to the aid of the republic of korea under the United Nations flag and the forces of multiple countries who serve here today in the republic of korea, thank you all for your participation. Ladies and gentlemen, at a
what is your reaction when you see this from a human perspective? this is who we are. the united states since the end of the vietnam war has spent so much time on prisoners of war missing in action. the attorney general today, who commands us forces korea, was introduced as commander of the un command because we don t know whether all of these are americans. many people suspect there are some french, british, australian as well. it is very important that we do this. this comes at a critical time in our relations with south korea. south korea has a president who is anti-american and south koreans must remember the sacrifice not only of americans but others in the un command who came to the rescue of south korea in 1950. you have a south korean president was more prone north
we believe there are 5300 in north korea but they will only admit to holding 200 or so. they said that on various occasions, we have 55 back. it is important for donald trump and great him to raise this in the summit with kim jong un on june 12th but we have a long way to go. it is also prisoners of war. the north koreans, soviets and chinese did not return 800 to 1000 americans. most of those people have died or been murdered but some may still be alive and we need an accounting of the living or possible living. todd: when you look what takes place from this time forward, explain the process of repatriation. these remains will go to joint base pearl harbor, at the hickam portion of the base the defense pow mia accounting