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Decades after the war, the search for
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the remains of missing Vietnamese
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martyrs is entering a new phase. By
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combining eyewitness accountants with
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modern technology, a new method is
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helping identify the locations of mass
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graves with greater accuracy. Long bird
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answers are gradually coming to light,
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offering renewed hope to families still
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waiting for their loved ones to return
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home.
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150 motors recovered at Binhar Air Base.
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214 motors recovered at the site of
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Frontier City. 60 motors recovered at
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the site of LZ Bird. 20 motors recovered
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at the site of Coral Balmoral. These
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remarkable results in recent years are
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the outcome of a new search method based
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on the memories of American veterans who
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fought in the war in Vietnam. This area
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in thinninging province known as Govik
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was the site of a fierce battle in June
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1969.
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According to American records, more than
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300 Vietnamese soldiers were buried
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together in a mass grave there. Using
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photographs taken immediately after the
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battle, witness testimonies, and new
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analytical methods. Researchers have now
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been able to identify the grave's
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location with an estimated margin of
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error of only around 10 meters
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>> in sketches that the veterans provided
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and overlaid those drawings and sketches
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on Google Earth and would send those
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back get this information back to these
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two veterans that were involved in the
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burial detail. It's a very emotional
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thing for them too. After receiving
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information from American veterans about
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possible mass graves linked to specific
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battles and locations, we began
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cross-checking it with report from the
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Vietnam's people army as well as
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butterfield reports from the US
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military, including documents seized by
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American forces after the battles.
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>> Through the memories of witnesses, many
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mass graves that remained hidden for
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decades are gradually being identified.
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The success of this method lies not only
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in technology or archival records, but
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also in the effort to reconnect the
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memories of those who lived through the
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war on both sides.
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>> Really fine graves.
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At least 50% is the veterans memories.
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But if you don't have those memories,
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that's it. They're they're going to be
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stymied. And we have to tap the brains
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of other veterans that that I know are
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out there. I know they're out there. If
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they understood
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all that was going on, they'd be on the
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phone right away, say, "Oh, you know, I
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can help. I can help." So far, 250 case
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files linked to battle sites where
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Vietnamese soldiers were killed across
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southern battlefields have been
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compiled. Some of these dossier have
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been described by authorities as
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exceptionally detailed, offering strong
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hope of locating more remains.
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There are graves containing 300 people,
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others with 130, and even the smallest
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contain around 10. If all of them can be
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excavated, 3,000 m finally regain their
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names or at the very least be brought
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home to rest in margin cemeteries.
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As witnesses in wartime records
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gradually fade with time, the
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combination of veterans memories and
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modern technology is expected to provide
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new leads, shorten the search process,
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and help bring more fallen soldiers back
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to their families.
