Pentagon begins identifying soldiers' remains from North Korea, a process that could take years

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon notified the family of a U.S. service member missing since the Korean War that his dog tags were among the human remains recently turned over by North Korea, officials said Thursday.

The dog tags are the first sign that the 55 boxes of bones and other effects delivered last week by North Korea may contain the remains of U.S. service members, potentially bringing closure to families who have waited decades to know what happened to relatives who fought in the war.

But Pentagon officials said that the painstaking process of identifying