(VOVworld) – The bodies of 3 Americans missing in action found during a joint search by Vietnam and the US were returned to the US at a ceremony on Wednesday at Da Nang International airport. 

Ceremony to return the bodies of Americans missing in action to the US.

The event was attended by representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons, the US general consulate in Ho Chi Minh city, and the US military attaché to Vietnam. The bodies, examined by Vietnam and US forensic experts and determined to be Americans mission in action during the war, will be sent to Hawaii for further examination.