Thanh Hoa hands over two war keepsakes to MND’s MIA Office

Representative of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Museum hands over the two war keepsakes to the MND’s MIA Office.

According to Decision No.795, dated September 16, 2025, issued by the Director of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the two remembrances were a Geneva Convention ID card and an ID card of James Magnusson, an American serviceman who died in action during the war in Vietnam. The items also included his personal background and photographs of the keepsakes.

At the handover ceremony, Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Hai, Second in Command of the MND’s MIA Office, expressed deep gratitude to the authorities and people of Thanh Hoa province for carefully preserving these keepsakes for many years.

The handover of these objects served as tangible evidence of the joint efforts of Vietnam and the U.S. to put the past behind and look toward the future, while helping the families of U.S. veterans obtain more information to heal the wounds of war.

An overview of the handover ceremony

This activity also reflected the Vietnamese Government’s policy of humanitarian cooperation with the U.S. in the search and verification of information related to U.S. servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam.

Translated by Song Anh