European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. November 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3it. -. 11 a my t ,. " or per n painful thoughts at the memorial Many of Hose marking veterans Day on tuesday by visiting Washington s Vietnam memorial were grief stricken As they viewed the name inscribed Wall. Among them were n Veteran in a wheel chair John Sorenson of Staunton vs., left and the unidentified Man with his hand on the will. Visitin Washington s a wan Cnair Jon for Canso 01 Niew Nikii va., Minu us . N. Korea May invite . War dead retrieval group Washington up in an unprecedented living in North Korea either As prisoners or vol from the War have been disbanded. An Roach North Korea has indicated it May invite unitary stay behinds Hul As is the Case with Vic Harrington said. We told them that s of. We ii approach Nort s it e a group of americans to retrieve the remains of4uo us. Military personnel who died in the korean War. Members of a . Group seeking to travel to North Korea also said tuesday they Hope to gel some answers on some of the hundreds of unresolved cases involving those listed As missing in action More than 30 years after the fighting ended. To Harrington one member of the loosely organized group which is not sponsored by the . Government said the North korean government has indicated six or seven americans will be invited there As Early As december to investigate the cases of the american my As. Some believe there Are More than 100 americans Livin Untaro but Viet Nam the North korean government hits never acknowledged their existence. Group member Steve Arkin said it s impossible to say inhere will be a trip but they have Given us Hope there will  Bui Arkin and Harrington said that the North koreans after decades of being approached unsuccessfully on the Issue suddenly became interested during the past two months. The . Learn believes there Are 389 identified american Graves in North Korea most of them next to former prisoner of War Camps. At the Onset of negotiations the North korean government said it would be impossible to dig up the grave Sites because the grave registration teams fro r. Harringto. U s. Well bring the  the americans Hope to disinter or be allowed to supervise the disinter Manl of the 3s9 grave Sites and they also Hope that the remains would be delivered to Panmunjom at the 38th parallel the Borde Between the two countries during the War. The remains would be handed Over to . Authorities at the truce line and then transferred to the United slates for burial. The number of missing americans and other members who served under the , come is unclear. It could be one or it could be 8,177," Harring ton said. The Only Safe thing to say is that there Are hundreds unaccounted for. Nobody can say How Many died after he  memorial to Honor workers killed in Wii Battle Boise. Idaho up several for Mer construction workers arc dedicating a memorial in Honor of their fellow workers who held off 16 Days of Japa Nese attacks on tiny Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean during world War ii five hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed Chalas Loveland Ike Wardle Bill Gooding and Max Floe Siger along with a few Hundred marines naval personnel and 12 patrol plane pilots began holding off the japanese attackers until they swarmed ashore onto the Island dec. 23, 1941. The Boise men were among 250 mor Rison Knudsen co. Construction workers from Boise who were working on an aviation base on he Island. The base was a refuelling Stop for the pan american clippers flying to the Ori ent until the bombs started falling. Then the construction workers Mission changed. Those who did t have guns used their equipment to do what was Nec Essary to keep the japs off the Island Wardle said. When the japanese took Over the is land All but 350 civilians were packed into the hold of a ship and sent to prison Camps in Singapore and Japan. In the Camps the prisoners fought Star vation disease cold and physical labor and mistreatment until the end of the War or death the men said. About half died or were killed. Of the 350 left on Wake most were taken to prison Camps and 98 were machine gunned on the Beach the me said. Now the survivors plan to erect a Granite memorial in recognition of their efforts at the former Battle scene. What brought the memorial about is this group for the first time Wen Back 10 the Battle scene and saw the place after 45 years boys Igor said. I think what struck us the most was to find a Beautiful japanese memorial and no memorial to what we  he said while Al the Island the survivors poured a foundation for a Memon Al. Bill Taylor a survivor from prove Utah had the memorial made and ship Ped to Utah. The survivors said they Hope the me Morial will be in place on the Island by december and they plan a formal dedication next Spring