[Vision2020] Vietnam War Remains Repatriated

[Chasuk]

On 10/13/05, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> >From today's (October 13, 2005) Army Times (www.armytimes.com)

> The Bush administration force the Vietnamese government to account for those
> 1,800 Americans that remain listed, and have been since 1975, as missing
> MIA's and unreturned POW's.

When I was stationed in the Republic of Korea, I met a small group of
gentlemen who claimed to be unreturned POW's.  They were of the right
age, so I can't refute their story.  Several indicated that they had
gone AWOL, and simply hadn't been able to face their stateside
families with the shame.  Their reasons for migrating to Korea were
various, but amounted to it being an easier place to stay lost.

This occurred in the late 1980's; the men involved appeared to be in
their mid-30's to mid-40's.