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Article: North Korea Hands Over Pilot's Body; Survivor Still Held; Yule Release Hoped
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- The Washington Post
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- December 22, 1994
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North Korea today returned the body of a U.S. Army pilot who
was killed five days ago when his helicopter went down in North
Korean territory, and a U.S. congressman accompanying the body here
said the survivor of the crash will be released "very soon."
In a brief ceremony shortly after 10 a.m. at this border truce
village, six North Korean soldiers handed over a casket bearing the
remains of Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon to an honor guard of
the United Nations' force in South Korea.
Following a prayer and moment of silence, U.S. Rep. Bill
Richardson, (D-N.M.), who was visiting Pyongyang, the North Korean
capital, at the time of the crash and has served as the principal