 Regarding the aerial imagery that the U.S. report said suggested a lower death toll , the South Korean investigators , drawing on accounts from survivors and area residents , said that at least 62 bodies had been taken away by relatives , or buried in soldiers ' abandoned foxholes , in the first days after the killings , and others remained inside one underpass tunnel , under thin layers of dirt , out of sight of airborne cameras , and awaiting later burial in mass graves . In addition , South Korean military specialists questioned the U.S. reconnaissance photos , pointing out irregularities , including the fact that the No Gun Ri frames had been spliced into the roll of film , raising the possibility that they were not , as claimed , from August 6 , 1950 , eight days after the killings . 
