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The remains will be flown aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft from Pyongyang, North Korea, under escort of a uniformed U.S. honor guard, to Yokota Air Base, Japan, where a formal U.N. Command repatriation ceremony will be held, the department said in a written release.

Some of the remains are believed to be those of soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division, which fought against Chinese forces in late 1950, according to the release. They were recovered by a joint team operating near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.

A second team recovered remains in Unsan county, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang, an area that was the site of battles between Communist forces and the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry and 25th Infantry Divisions in November 1950.

About 1,000 Americans are estimated to have been lost in battles of the Chosin campaign, the Defense Department said,

In 25 operations since 1996, remains believed to be those of at least 178 U.S. soldiers have been recovered, the Defense Department said. Thirteen have been positively identified and returned to their families for burial, it said.

Of the 88,000 U.S. service members whose remains were not recovered in all conflicts, more than 8,100 were in the Korean War, according to the Defense Department.