rob: griff jenkins has more in washington. >> reporter: 6 decades later they are coming home. 55 cases containing what the us believes are the remains of soldiers killed during the korean war by a c-17 cargo plane out of warsaw. on the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended, the president applaud the efforts, american servicemen will be leaving north korea and heading to the united states. this will be a great moment, thank you to kim jong un. the commanding general in south korea calls the mission successful saying we are prepared to honor the fallen, continuing their journey home. the white house saying this represents a significant first step to recommence repatriation of remains from north korea and resume field operations to search for the estimated 5300 americans who have not yet returned home.