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Remains of soldiers lost in WWII to return home(1/4)

2015-11-05 14:05 Ecns.cn Editor:Yao Lan
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A volunteer pays respects to soldiers who were killed in Myanmar while fighting the Japanese during World War II at the site where remains of expeditionary soldiers were found in the northern suburb of Myitkyina, Myanmar. Descendants of expeditionary soldiers and volunteers arrived in myitkyina on Wednesday morning. They will take remains of the 347 soldiers home on Thursday, November 5, 2015. This is the largest collection of such remains ever to be returned. It will arrive in southwest China’s Yunnan province on Thursday. In 1942, China sent 100,000 expeditionary soldiers to Myanmar and India to fight the Japanese forces with the Allies. Nearly half of them were killed or injured.(Photo/CFP)

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