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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

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Re: Letter From DPMO on Rescue Mission

Date: March 21, 1999

Letter received from DPMO by AII POW-MIA.

Defense Prisoner Of War/Missing Personnel Office
2400 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-2400

22 Jan 1999
In reply refer to: I-99/00021

Mr. Bob Necci

Dear Mr. Necci:

This responds to your December 15, 1998, letter requesting comment on a recently published book regarding POW rescue operations in Southeast Asia. You ask if the author's facts are accurate.

To obtain comment on the book in question, I recommend you contact one of the many publications that conduct literary reviews. In regards to POW rescue operations, during the Vietnam War, American and allied forces conducted only one POW rescue mission that recovered a live American. The operation took place in July 1969. Regretfully, the rescued American was mortally wounded by the enemy and died shortly after the rescue.

I hope this information is helpful.

Sincerely,

Charles W. Henley
Legislative and External Affairs
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office

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