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WASHINGTON - Preparations Preparationshwe Preparationshive hwe been completed tor ( or the work workot workof ot returning 200 000 or more ot the thenation thenation nation s war dead The necessary necessarylegIslation necessarylegislation legIslation has passed both houses housesof housesof of congress I IThe congressThe The measure authorizes an out outlay I Ilay lay which may exceed 200 mill on ondollars ondollarsUnder I IdoIlars doIlars I IUnder Under present plans neit ne'Ct neCt ' ot of km kmwIIl kinwill wIIl be polled poIled to determine whether whetherthey whetherthey they desire rebunal reburHiI In national orprivate or orprivate private cemeteries cemeterics in this country countryor or prefer to let those who gave gavetheIr gavetheir theIr lives overseas rest there The TheentIre entIre pi ogram mIl reqUIre from two ; wo to five years officials estimated estimatedthe estimatedthe the Associated Press reports reportsMeanw reportsMean Mean1ile Meanw Mean\\ Mean \ ille 1ile m In 359 scattered ceme cemetenes cemctenes tenes In fn Europe Asia the PacIfic PacIficislands PacificIslands islands and elsewhere approximately approx approximately imately 241 500 ot of the approximate.y approximatey approximately approximate ly . 325 000 American Amencan war dead have havetound haveound tound ( temporary resting places bylatest by bylatest latest reports reportsPlan Plan Fewer Fewcr Cemeteries CemeteriesOfficial Official plans call tor ( or a continu contlnu continuous contlnuous ous reduction in m the number ofoverseas of ' overseas cemeteries cemetenes so adequate adequatecare care and protection may be giver given givengraves graves In the Pac Pacific lc tor for e'tample etample e'tamplebodIes ' bodies not brought back to this country coun try may be placed m In permanent permanentresting t resting places In Manila and Hono HonoI Honolulu I lulu luluI luluReports I Reports to the army quartermaster quartermas quartermasI ter general s American grave graves gravesregistratIon ; . I . registration service indicate mdlcate that thatgraves tha , graves searching searchmg parties have hato had hadto ( to match the exertions and ingenu ingenuIty Ingenuity Ity of the fighting fightmg menIn men In New Guinea isolated graves graveshave , have been marked by crosses crosse 15 teet teethigh fee t high to stand above fast tast growini growmg growmgjungle , jungle vegetation pending pendmg transfe transter transterof of bodies One party required al almost a ] most two months to reach the seen scene sceneof , of an air crash on a 9 000 foot peak peakand ] t and then to return to base hy hyplane b ; planeIn plane In the Philippines PhilJppmes the consohds consollda consolldahon tion hon of cemeteries cemetenes Is almost con com complete conplete plete except for tor the jungle choke choked chokedBataan chokeBataan Bataan peninsula pemnsula A report fror from fromCapt Capt S J Gladys who was Gen General eral MacArthur s graves reglstr reglstra reglstratlon ; tion tlon officer on Bataan and Corregi Corregidor dor suggested that Japanese m mhumamty humanity humamty m In the 1942 fightmg fightmgmakes makes unlikely unhkely the identification ot othundreds ( hundreds of American and Filipis FIlipino FIlipinodead dead deadTask Tash Task Difficult In China Chma ChinaHe He said that after Corregldor s sfaU fall faU the Japanese refused Amer Amen Amencan can pleas and heaped up and cre cre'mated en mated American dead along with withtheir wit wittheir 'mated mated ' their troopsIn own fallen troops In China Chma the task of finding and an Identifying American Amencan remains has hasbeen hs hsbeen 'identifying identifying and'identifying ' been as d difficult flcult More than 1 000 000missing missing army and navy men were wereI werebelI1g being belI1g sought recently by eight man mansearch ma I search - - 1- 1 1A - teams A--- A AAI - - - - - - AI-- AI AI1 - - 1-- 1 1A - - -A- A - - < , . . . . 1I1 the isolated hump area of the Himalayas between Iidia In India dia and China and m In coastal re reglOns rgions glOns from which aerial sweeps sweepsagamst sweelagainst ' ' agamst Japan were madeThe made madeThe ' The bodies bod1es ot of thousands ot per pesons r sons particularly those lost at sea seamay semay , may never be recovered The num number nunher ber of ot those officially listed as asmissing ; u ( missing is being bemg stead steadily y reduced reduceby , ( reducedby by painstaking pamstaking checking checkmg of records recordsand reconand , and reports but the army navy navyand navand , and marines and coast guard togeth together togetler er categoryThe count 14 605 still In this categor category : The gra\ gra gra\es gra es graes \ es registration service serviceI servicedates servl servldates < ' - I dates to 1867 At the close of the thAmerican I IAmencan Amencan Civil CIV war there were wei316233 e 316233 recorded burials bunals ofhlch of \\hlch hlch \ whic140 wereI : I 140 469 were unident umdent fled fied men From FromWorld FroiWorld World War I 1643 1 643 bodies ncver ncverhave nevihave ; have been IdentifiedAfter identified identifiedAfter After World War I 43 610 bOdIes bOdIeswere bodiiwere . , were returned the others being Iein left ( 10 eight permanent cemeteries cemetenes In , France InFrance Belgium and England , |