WE
MUST NEVER FORGET OUR POW/MIA and
will strive to obtain a full accounting until they have
all returned home. It is the obligation of our government,
our elected officials, to BRING THEM ALL HOME! The POW/MIA
issue is one of the primary focuses of the National
Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition and we will
continue to support legislation and renew dialogue with
government officials and committee members.
Our
POW/MIA gallery is a reminder of those who still have
not been returned. Our gallery Memorial Page has been
designed as a tribute to those POW/MIA whose remains
have been returned and whose identities have been
confirmed.
Please refer
to DPMO's website for the most current, updated information
on the POW/MIA issue, especially for the latest on
remains recovery and a listing of the names whose
remains have been repatriated.
LETTER
FROM MAJOR MARK SMITH, USA
We swore after Vietnam:NEVER AGAIN! Yet,once again
brave men are left to rot in a far away land.Why?
Because,we are a gutless and uncaring society. Any
lame explanation will do and we will say:" Well
that is it, they are all dead." We are so worried
about treating their leaders we capture right? If
there is a smidgen of evidence they know what happened
to our brave men, stress them mightily until they
talk. Those crying the most about how we treat the
enemy did not care one whit when the Vietnamese were
brutalizing us. Our good men are more important than
"creature comforts" or Korans for our enemies.Ours
were Soldiers and their's are specifically denied
rights under the Law Of Land Warfare. They were and
are hostage takers and terrorists.Time for us to care
for our own and throw out of office anyone who even
mentions the rights of our enemies,without speaking
first about our own.I am a former POW and I understand
fully the implications of my words. So hear this!
I do not want to hear again how that bunch of yahoo
MPS were "torturing" anybody.They were acting
in an undisciplined and childish way.They have been
punished.I do not want to hear about civil courts
for a bunch of non-uniformed terrorists. That they
were even captured and not shot outright was the only
gift they should be getting.We shoot or hang spies
and those who use the civilian population as a shield.At
least we used to.Our men deserve to be recovered and
any amount of pressure which must be applied to these
evil spouting zealots to get these good folk's relatives
home,one way or another, is justified.Allow no politician
to speak again of the rights our terrorist enemies
enjoy."Secret Prisons"? I hope we have fifty
of them and we are drugging them or whatever and getting
answers.Our priority has to get back to Americans
and their well being. If the above offends you,well
screw you to. I am tired of opinions.I want this mans
family member accounted for.In keeping with the silly
bull of today:
" I am Major Mark A. (ZIPPO) Smith and I approved
this damn message"! Mark
If
family members or friends of a POW/MIA whose remains
have been both returned and confirmed, wish to let
us know that their loved ones have been fully accounted
for, please submit the name, rank, capture date, return
date, and service for your loved one and we will post
the information here.
Until
all of our POW/MIA are fully accounted for we will
continue to keep pressing for their freedom, their
returned remains, and will keep them in our prayers.
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