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Major Robert Bateman, a U.S. infantry officer whose book on No Gun Ri was published in 2002, estimated that between eight and thirty-five Korean refugees were killed.<ref name="Bateman120">Bateman, p. 120.</ref> Although the AP story claimed that the refugees were unarmed, Bateman found U.S. Army records indicating that a rifle and a submachine gun were retrieved in the area.<ref name="Bateman120"/> Bateman also argues that the stories Daily told at veteran's meetings contaminated the memories of authentic witnesses.<ref name="Greer"/> Some veterans even insisted that they remembered Daily at No Gun Ri, although Daily has since confessed he was never there.<ref name="Greer" /> Bateman's book won the Colby Award in 2004.

Major Robert Bateman, a U.S. infantry officer whose book on No Gun Ri was published in 2002, estimated that between eight and thirty-five Korean refugees were killed.<ref name="Bateman120">Bateman, p. 120.</ref> Although the AP story claimed that the refugees were unarmed, Bateman found U.S. Army records indicating that a rifle and a submachine gun were retrieved in the area.<ref name="Bateman120"/> Bateman also argues that the stories Daily told at veteran's meetings contaminated the memories of authentic witnesses.<ref name="Greer"/> Some veterans even insisted that they remembered Daily at No Gun Ri, although Daily has since confessed he was never there.<ref name="Greer" /> Bateman's book won the Colby Award in 2004.

Hanley responded that the bodies might not have been visible if they were placed under a bridge and covered with dirt.<ref name="Greer">Greer, Judith, "[http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/06/03/nogunri/index.html What really happened at No Gun Ri?]", ''Salon'',  June 3, 2002</ref> However, the aerial photo shows no major ground dislocation, so there is no obvious place where the dirt needed could have come from.<ref name="Greer" /> Although the site was carefully excavated by a South Korean archeologist in 2007, no human remains have ever been found.<ref>'[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2007/08/22/0200000000AEN20070822002500315.HTML Search for remains of Nogeun-ri massacre likely to end with no remains found}" Yonhap, Aug. 22, 2007.</ref>

Hanley responded that the bodies might not have been visible if they were placed under a bridge and covered with dirt.<ref name="Greer">Greer, Judith, "[http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/06/03/nogunri/index.html What really happened at No Gun Ri?]", ''Salon'',  June 3, 2002</ref> However, the aerial photo shows no major ground dislocation, so there is no obvious place where the dirt needed could have come from.<ref name="Greer" /> Although the site was carefully excavated by a South Korean archeologist in 2007, no human remains have ever been found.<ref>"[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2007/08/22/0200000000AEN20070822002500315.HTML Search for remains of Nogeun-ri massacre likely to end with no remains found]", Yonhap, Aug. 22, 2007.</ref>

In 2007, the South Korean government announced that it would build a $20 million "No Gun Ri History Park" in the village by 2009.<ref>[http://www.popularq.net/articles/World-News/General/SKorea-to-Build-No-Gun-Ri-Park-Memorial/ SKorea to Build No Gun Ri Park Memorial]"</ref>

In 2007, the South Korean government announced that it would build a $20 million "No Gun Ri History Park" in the village by 2009.<ref>[http://www.popularq.net/articles/World-News/General/SKorea-to-Build-No-Gun-Ri-Park-Memorial/ SKorea to Build No Gun Ri Park Memorial]"</ref>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

*{{cite book | author=Bateman, Robert| title= No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident | publisher=Stackpole Books| year=2002 | id=ISBN 0-8117-1763-1}}

* {{citation

| author=Bateman, Robert| title= No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident | publisher=Stackpole Books| year=2002 | id=ISBN 0-8117-1763-1}}

*{{cite book | author=Hanley, Charles J.; Choe, Sang-Hun; Mendoza, Martha| title= The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War| publisher=Henry Holt & Company| year=2001 | id=ISBN 0-8050-6658-6 |url=http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-No-Gun-Ri-Nightmare/dp/product-description/0805071830}}

* {{citation

| author=Hanley, Charles J.; Choe, Sang-Hun; Mendoza, Martha| title= The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War| publisher=Henry Holt & Company| year=2001 | id=ISBN 0-8050-6658-6 |url=http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-No-Gun-Ri-Nightmare/dp/product-description/0805071830}}

*{{cite web | title =Report of the No Gun Ri Review | work =U.S. Department of Army Inspector General, January 2001 | url =http://www.army.mil/nogunri/ | accessdate=2006-07-15}}

*{{citaton

| title =Report of the No Gun Ri Review | work =U.S. Department of Army Inspector General, January 2001 | url =http://www.army.mil/nogunri/ | accessdate=2006-07-15}}

*''[http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/nogunri.htm No Gun Ri]'' Both the original AP story and a rebuttal.

*''[http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/nogunri.htm No Gun Ri]'' Both the original AP story and a rebuttal.