41.   The remains were taken to the port of Durres aboard the Greek ferry Illyria, which resumed service last week after a three-week suspension.

42.   The remains were taken to Kiel in northern Germany, before being taken by sea to Saint Petersburg.

43.   The remains will be taken to the Central Identification Lab in Honolulu, Hawaii for identification through dental record matching.

44.   They may have mistakenly taken the remains of American veterans or Marshall Islanders killed during the war.

45.   Krepp, from California, was assigned to the Army Central Identification Laboratory based in Hawaii, where the MIA remains were taken for identification.

46.   Local police were unable to say where the remains had been taken.

47.   The coffin was flown by helicopter to a US base in Seoul from where the remains will be taken to a forensic laboratory in Hawaii for attempted identification.