Daughter on Korean War Remains: It’s an ‘Open Festering Wound’

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KNOX: "I would back up a step. United Nations that my father died. He was Mia. There was a presumptive finding of death and the other 8,000 men that didn’t make it home and had no explanation. We found out from Boris yeltsin in 92 that the soviets had taken American prisoners out of Korea. So that changed everything for us. It’s no longer an assumption that our loved one had died. We didn’t know what he had been taken. So that added another layer. Even if my father did die when his plane went down, just that not knowing leaves it an open wound. You don’t just assume somebody you love died because you don’t know. You just wait to find out. My brother and I waited our whole lives. Every time the door bell rang, we hoped it was him. It’s an open festering wound. If his remains come back, it will be a mixed reaction that I know I will experience. It will be good to have the closure. Of course, it’s never good to know that your father really did die. Given the options, it’s probably the best thing believe it or not. But having it go on and on, bring him home, let’s share the space here in this country and know what happened to him and put him to rest."