InPics | China hands over remains of U.S. airmen found along WWII Hump Route-Xinhua
InPics | China hands over remains of U.S. airmen found along WWII Hump Route
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-11-11 09:30:19
A document confirming the transfer of the U.S. airmen remains found along Hump Route is signed, witnessed by Chinese and American representatives, during a handover ceremony in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)
CHENGDU, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese honor guards walked forward, carrying a box containing human remains. U.S. honor guards stepped up to receive it and carefully placed an American national flag over the box.
The box held eight bone fragments recovered from a glacier more than 5,000 meters above sea level. The remains, believed to belong to U.S. airmen who went missing along the Hump Route during World War II (WWII), had lain in the mountains for more than 80 years.
The remains were recovered in areas along the Hump Route, which was established after Japanese forces occupied Myanmar in 1942, cutting off the Yunnan-Myanmar road, China's last major overland supply link to the outside world.
A transfer ceremony of the U.S. service members' remains along the Hump Route is held in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)Chinese honor guards handover the box containing the U.S. airmen remains found along Hump Route during a handover ceremony in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)U.S. honor guards receive the box containing the U.S. airmen remains found along Hump Route during a handover ceremony in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)
