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​   The Coalition of Families promotes the fullest possible accounting for American servicemen who remain missing in action from the Korean and Cold Wars. We help shape the nature and extent of the U.S. Government's effort to account for our missing servicemen. Our goal is to ensure that we are providing all the tools we can to aid in the search for missing servicemen. 
  
 

​"They need a story. An explanation. The who, the where, the why. Everyone needs to know what happened to them. They shouldn’t be allowed to just go, quietly. Someone needs to stand up for them."
                                                                                                                                                             The Hard Way /Lee Child

The Bring Our Heroes Home Act (BOHHA) / Declassification Legislation

​Passed by Senate Committee!!
(November 2024)

       Countless documents relating to missing U.S. servicemen, dating from WWII forward, remain needlessly classified by U.S. agencies. The Bring Our Heroes Home Act will mandate their declassification and make them available to the public through a collection housed at the National Archives. A review board will be established to determine if documents challenged by agencies should remain classified.
      On November 20nd, the BOHHA was 'marked up' by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) and reported to the Senate for a floor vote. The date of that vote has not been set. The legislation is sponsored by Senators Crapo (R-ID) and Shaheen (D-NH), along with Representatives Pappas (D-NH) and Fulcher (R-ID). The bill has been assigned to the House Oversight committee. 
     The BOHHA has National Archives (NARA) approval. Funds to support the NARA collection have been approved.  

     The BOHHA originated with and was co-authored by the Coalition of Families of Korean & Cold War P.O.W./M.I.As.​
Noteworthy News & Events
Coalition: Special Issue Newsletter 
​​March 2024
  Articles in this newsletter cover the disruptive authority issues within DoD that caused the recent three month delay of DPAA's Phase 5 Punch Bowl cemetery disinterment of Korean War Unknowns, including what’s being done to correct the situation.
​A New Approach to Recovering U.S. Servicemen’s Remains from North Korea'
  ​February 2024 
      Donna Knox       
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   The United States Institute of Peace 
Majority of Americans Support Working with North Korea to Repatriate U.S. Remains 
AFSC / Harris Poll 2024
73% of the U.S. public believe the U.S. government should work with North Korea to repatriate remains of U.S. service members left in North Korea after the Korean War.
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​​Honorable Return Ceremony
Hawaii/2018
​North Korea sends U.S. remains home.
The Coalition Flys with the Vice President.
​The Coalition and Richardson Center Negotiate with North Korea
​Pyongyang/2016

Rick Downes, Coalition President,
Kim ll-sung Square
Forgotten Men of the Forgotten War 
(Project Trailer)
Forgotten Men of the Forgotten War ​will present the mysteries of men still missing from the Korean War, chronicle the long-term impact these stories have had on the men’s families, and then pursue their final chapter in order to achieve some definition of closure.