March 2003
Summary of news for the entire month.
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March 31, 2003 American Gold Star Mothers (and Fathers)
The membership of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is composed of American Mothers who lost a son or daughter during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, all Strategic Areas, or while in service to our country.
March 31, 2003 IRAQ - Patriot Bracelets
An Oregon company this week began making and selling slim red and blue anodized aluminum bracelets similar to the POW/MIA bands that wrapped 5 million wrists during the Vietnam War.
March 31, 2003 NAF Bits 'N' Pieces
Summary of News
March 30, 2003 POW-MIA Freedom Radio Broadcast Today
News and Views :: Father Bob Certain :: Bob Dumas
March 30, 2003 IRAQ - Media Banned From Repat Ceremonies
One of the most solemn and honorable things, we as Americans, can do is pay homage to our fallen service members when their flag-draped caskets come home. We should be shaken from our complacency and the day-to-day grind we so easily become lost in and made to be witnesses to this sober moment, recognizing that someone made the ultimate sacrfice and we never knew them or had a moment to say thanks.
March 30, 2003 DPMO - DoD Family Update Schedule
Apr 26 - Detroit, MI :: Jun 25-28 - Washington, DC - Coincides with Annual Family Meeting :: Jul 25-26 - Washington, DC - Coincides with Annual Family Meeting :: Aug 23 - Seattle, WA :: Sep 20 - St. Louis, MO :: Oct 18 - Jacksonville, FL :: Nov 22 - Phoenix, AZ
March 30, 2003 KW-CW - Does China Hold Answers?
The United States hopes dusty communist files and aging Chinese soldiers can help solve some of its most tenacious military mysteries: the fates of long-lost American servicemen who went missing during the Korean War.
March 30, 2003 WW II - A Different 9.11
Lynn E. Gerber, the first man drafted from Alfalfa County for World War II, was a prisoner of war for 20 months after being captured in Salerno, Italy.
March 30, 2003 PGW - Hope Kept Pilot Alive
Navy Lt. Bob Wetzel never gave up hope. Not when he ejected from his A-6 attack plane, landing in the Iraqi desert with two broken arms, a broken collarbone and cracked vertebrae. Not when he was captured, interrogated and beaten with a leather whip.
March 30, 2003 IRAQ - Journalists Reported Missing
Two journalists of New York's Newsday newspaper who disappeared from a Baghdad hotel on Monday while covering the war were believed to be detained by the Iraqi government, the newspaper said on Saturday.
March 30, 2003 KW-CW - DoD News Release
A Department of Defense delegation has concluded a visit to China to discuss additional cooperation in resolving POW and MIA cases.
March 29, 2003 IRAQ - H CON 118 - Iraq POW-MIA Resolution
Whereas an unknown number of members of the Armed Forces of the United States have been taken prisoner by Iraqi authorities and it is possible that, before the end of hostilities, additional members of the Armed Forces of the United States and members of other coalition forces may be taken prisoner by Iraqi authorities;
March 29, 2003 IRAQ - Female POW-MIAs Rekindles Women-In-Combat Debate
One glance at the terrified eyes of Spc. Shoshana Johnson, the Army cook taken captive earlier this week in Iraq, was more than enough for Laura Sargent, a senior airman here scheduled for deployment Monday.
March 29, 2003 PGW - "Took Act of Congress to Get DoD to Report"
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., says the first official Pentagon report ever delivered to Congress about missing Navy pilot Scott Speicher detailed evidence that led officials to concluded that Speicher likely survived the crash, but offers no conclusive information about his fate.
March 29, 2003 PGW - Friends and Family Refuse to Forget
"Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but beggared is the nation that has and forgets them." The quote is the first thing one sees on the Free Scott Speicher website. Dedicated to the return of the Gulf War Pilot, or at the very least a truthful accounting, the site is the result of friends, neighbors and classmates coming together for a common good...
March 29, 2003 KW-CW - US Looks to China on Korean War POWs - MIAs
Fifty years after the end of Korean War hostilities, the United States is stepping up efforts to seek China's cooperation in locating soldiers missing in action during the bloody conflict, the US Embassy here said Saturday.
March 29, 2003 Ex-POW Pledge of Allegiance
"I pledge allegiance to the flag ... I am an American. I was a Prisoner of War. I have served my country. I need no one to tell me what allegiance I owe to my flag, to my country, to my home. Of the United States of America ... This is my country. I have fought for it. I have been imprisoned for it, and many have died for it."
March 29, 2003 PGW - Speicher May Have Been Seen Alive
New information on the missing Navy pilot Scott Speicher. Democratic Florida Senator Bill Nelson says Speicher may have been seen alive in Iraq custody this month.
March 29, 2003 The ICRC
The Roles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Times of War :: The military confrontation in Iraq brings attention to the roles of components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As such, it is important to understand the role of the Movement components, including the American Red Cross at home, overseas during military action and in rendering humanitarian aid to the affected populations.
March 29, 2003 IHL - International Humanitarian Law
Humanity in the midst of war is everyone's concern-a concern that has grown since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the U.S. military's involvement in Iraq. As Americans reluctantly bid "goodbye" to loved ones deployed overseas, they also witness daily news coverage of civilians fleeing conflict. At times like this, it is important for people to know the rules and principles that seek to limit the effects of warfare.
March 29, 2003 SEA - Vietnam Chapter Finally Closes For One Man
Paul Mullins, recently received notice that the remains of a man he honored by wearing his named on a POW/MIA bracelet were found.
March 29, 2003 SEA - Johnson Blasts Baghdad
Rep. Sam Johnson, shot down as a fighter pilot over North Vietnam and imprisoned in the "Hanoi Hilton" for nearly seven years, said Thursday that U.S. troops held captive in Iraq are being mistreated and that those responsible should be tried as war criminals.
March 29, 2003 SEA - 30 Years of Freedom
Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan couldn't sleep Sunday night. He, like most of the world, had seen that day the haunting images on television of American soldiers who had just become Iraqi prisoners of war.
March 29, 2003 IRAQ - What They Gave to Me - Well Worth Reading
My Grandfather served in the Army during WW1. My father served in the Navy in the 50's. I would have proudly served our country as well but I was born blind. I wrote this poem/song to say thank you to all those who serve our great nation. I would be honored if you could help me share my sentiments with them.
March 29, 2003 Former POWs Speak of Survival
Some Augusta-area former prisoners of war say they know firsthand what American soldiers recently imprisoned by the Iraqi government are going through.
March 29, 2003 WW II - Ex-POWs Meet
Meeting for the first time since the start of military action in Iraq, several former World War II prisoners of war placed their hands on their hearts Thursday morning as George Mayza read the POW Pledge of Allegiance.
March 29, 2003 SEA - Viet Vets Stage Cage Walk
Nearly 35 years ago, Fred Bletz was stranded, alone, for more than five days in a Vietnamese jungle. The former machine-gunner in the U.S. Marines was in a helicopter that was shot down during the Vietnam War. He managed to find his way back to his unit without being taken prisoner.
March 28, 2003 IRAQ - Operation Iraqi Freedom POW-MIA Stats
March 28, 2003 IRAQ - Supporting Our Troops - AAFES
What can you send a special buddy deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Cookies crumble in shipping. Chocolate melts in the desert heat. Sensitive electronics might break in transit. How do you give a servicemember exactly what he needs and wants when he needs and wants it?
March 28, 2003 IRAQ - Supporting Our Troops - Programs
Several organizations have established programs that enable the public to send greetings and gift packages to troops involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom without violating force-protection restrictions on sending mail.
March 28, 2003 IRAQ - Saying Thanks
What can you send a special buddy deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Cookies crumble in shipping. Chocolate melts in the desert heat. Sensitive electronics might break in transit. How do you give a servicemember exactly what he needs and wants when he needs and wants it?
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - H Con 118
The House on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Iraq abide by international laws regarding prisoners of war. Lawmakers were reacting to a videotape of U.S. prisoners being interviewed by Iraqi officials and to images of Americans who had been killed.
March 27, 2003 PGW - War May Determine Speicher's Fate
A war with Iraq may help resolve questions about the fate of a Navy pilot whose FA-18 fighter jet was shot down in 1991 on the first night of the first Gulf War.
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - POW Executions Public?
Images of two dead British soldiers broadcast on Arab TV have been described as "deplorable" by senior military commanders. Chief of UK forces in the Gulf, Air Marshal Brian Burridge, said he was "shocked and appalled" at the decision by Arab satellite TV network al-Jazeera to broadcast graphic footage of the bodies of the two Desert Rats who had been missing since Sunday.
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - US General Says Iraq Executed POWs
Iraq has executed prisoners of war, the Pentagon's No. 2 general said Wednesday night as he listed a series of what he called unprecedented Iraqi violations of the laws of war. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, apparently was referring to some of the U.S. Army troops captured Sunday by Iraqi forces in the city of An Nasiriyah. Iraqi state television later showed video footage of five living POWs and the bodies of at least five U.S. soldiers.
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - ICRC Negotiates POW Camp Visits
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday its teams in Iraq and Kuwait were negotiating over access to Iraqi and U.S. prisoners of war.
March 27, 2003 GWOT - Detention of Enemy Combatants Act
H. R. 1029 :: To authorize the President to detain an enemy combatant who is a United States person or resident who is a member of al Qaeda or knowingly cooperated with members of al Qaeda, to guarantee timely access to judicial review to challenge the basis for a detention, to permit the detainee access to counsel, and for other purposes.
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - Journalists Missing
A Newsday reporter and photographer covering the war from Baghdad have not been heard from since the beginning of the week. Editors of the Long Island newspaper were investigating reports Wednesday that their two journalists were forced out of their hotel by Iraqi officials.
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - DoD Transcript - Casualty
March 27, 2003 IRAQ - Iraq POW-MIA Bracelets
Please Purchase Bracelets from POW-MIA and Family Support Groups and not commercial businesses. POW-MIA associated groups will reuse the monies for issue awareness and/or donate some proceeds to POW-MIA families. Businesses will just jump on the bandwagon to make a buck off of someone else's misery.
March 26, 2003 IRAQ - Operation Iraqi Freedom POW-MIA Stats
March 26, 2003 IRAQ - DoD News Release - 507th Status Dead and Prisoner of War list
March 26, 2003 IRAQ - DoD News Release - Missing Marines
The Department of Defense announced today the identities of two Marines whose status has been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN). They were among a group of Marines in the vicinity of the Saddam Canal in Iraq on March 24.
March 26, 2003 IRAQ - UK POWs Shown
Al Jazeera television on Wednesday broadcast video of two dead soldiers and two prisoners of war, all said to be British.
March 26, 2003 SWA - Global War on Terrorism Medals Authorized
A presidential executive order signed Wednesday authorizes the Department of Defense to create two new military medals for service in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
March 26, 2003 SWA - Over 4,000 Iraqi POWs
US forces in Iraq have now captured "well over 4000" Iraqi prisoners of war, a senior US commander has said.
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - Operation Iraqi Freedom POW-MIA StatsPOW and MIA list
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - Families... Waiting and Worrying
All day Monday, stunned families across America learned in phone calls from the military that their loved ones were captured or possibly killed in Iraq -- and that's about all they learned.
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - Black Hawk, Apache Missing in Sandstorm
A US Apache and a Black Hawk helicopter went missing during a heavy sandstorm in southern Iraq which cut visibility to just 100 meters (yards), a US officer told AFP.
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - POWs - Muslim Law Trumps Geneva Convention
POW treatment to be dictated by religion, official threatens beheadings. Iraq's foreign minister has declared that "the teachings of Islam," and not the Geneva Convention, will be the nation's guidelines in the treatment of coalition POWs.
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - Some Celebrate US POWs Capture
Palestinians in Ramallah are celebrating Iraq's capture of American and British soldiers. A policeman at Yasser Arafat's battered headquarters today said the news made it a "big day for the Iraqi people and all the Arabs and Muslim," the Jerusalem Post reported.
March 25, 2003 IRAQ - DOD - Apache Pilots Status Changed to POW
The Department of Defense announced today that it has changed the status of Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr. from Duty Status Wereabouts Unknown to Prisoner of War.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Operation Iraqi Freedom POW-MIA Stats 7 POWs :: 1 MIA :: 6 Unaccounted-For
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Iraq Promises ICRC Access
Iraqi state television on Monday showed two men said to have been the U.S. crew of an Apache helicopter forced down during heavy fighting in central Iraq.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Chopper Down, 2 Pilots Captured
Army Apache attack helicopters engaged in fierce clashes with Iraqi forces south of Baghdad on Monday and managed to destroy about 10 Iraqi tanks before cutting off the attack.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - ICRC to Ask for Access to POWs
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that it planned to ask the Iraqi authorities for access to United States and British prisoners of war to ensure that they are being properly treated, an issue that gained attention after Arab television networks broadcast footage on Sunday of Iraqi soldiers interrogating five U.S. prisoners, as well as images of dead soldiers who were identified as Americans.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Coalition Members ask Media to Not Show POW Images
The Defence Force (ADF) has asked Australian media organisations to obscure the faces of allied and Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs).
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - 2 More Apparent US POWs Shown on TV
What appears to be 2 more American POWs have been shown on Abu Dhabi television. They are represented as two pilots from a downed Apache helicopter incident earlier today (Monday 24 MAR 03) in the region of Karbala, outside of Baghdad, Iraq.
March 24, 2003 PGW - Former POWs Sue Saddam
Iraq and Saddam Hussein have failed to offer a defense or respond to the $910 million lawsuit by 17 U.S. servicemen - including Cherry Hill's Jeffrey Zaun - who said they were tortured while imprisoned during the Persian Gulf war.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
One soldier described himself as simply a mechanic, someone who fixes things. Another's family thought she was relatively safe from the horrors of the front lines because she's an Army cook. A third was planning to leave the service to join the U.S. Border Patrol. They are sons and brothers, a husband, a mother. Now a handful of Americans have gained a chilling new title - prisoners of war.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Iraq Flouting Laws of War
Clarke said that the deceptions have been so blatant "that some liken it to terrorism." "They are sending forces out carrying white surrender flags or dressing them as liberated civilians to draw coalition forces into ambushes," Clarke said. "Both of these actions are among the most serious violations of the laws of war."
March 24, 2003 PGW - Former Gulf War POWs Speak Out
U.S. prisoners of war in Iraq risk being beaten, tortured and held in dank concrete jails without medical attention, POWs from the 1991 Gulf War said on Sunday based on their own experiences in Iraqi hands.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Stars & Stripes on Iraq POWs
Al-Jazeera, the Arab cable news station based in the Middle East, broadcast chilling pictures of what it said were dead American soldiers as well as interviews with five soldiers who have allegedly been taken prisoner.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Display of POWs "Disgusting"
Iraqi forces paraded five captured American soldiers, including a woman, before television cameras yesterday in a display that U.S. military commanders described as "disgusting."
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - 2 Apache Pilots Missing
Two American Apache helicopter crewmen are missing in action as coalition forces continue to pound Iraqi Republican Guard units ringing Baghdad, Army Gen. Tommy Franks said today in Qatar.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Iraq Promises Geneva Convention Treatment for US POWs
A top Iraqi official said U.S. soldiers captured during weekend clashes will be treated as prisoners of war, more U.S. soldiers and pilots were detained. The official also said landing attempts in northern and southern Iraq were foiled, while some 62 Iraqi civilians were killed and 470 others wounded in overnight coalition shelling.
March 24, 2003 SEA - From Vietnam to Iraq... Memories
The U.S. military has begun to notify the families of those soldiers taken hostage in Iraq. Traditionally, it's a dreaded knock at the door by men in uniform.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Female POW 1st Since Change of Rules
One of the five U.S. soldiers captured by Iraqi forces and questioned on Iraqi television is the first female POW since the Clinton administration's military leaders repealed a rule barring servicewomen from positions with a high risk of encountering enemy fire or capture.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Families Identify POWs
The half-brother of a Kansas soldier held captive in Iraq said he wants the United States to finish the war "as fast as possible" so his brother can come home.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Grange Transcript
Iraq is holding some U.S. soldiers as prisoners of war after the troops went astray, Pentagon officials said Sunday.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Iraq Claims 2 More POWs from Apache Incident
Iraq claimed Monday that it shot down two Apache helicopters and was holding the pilots prisoner. U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks said two pilots were missing in action.
March 24, 2003 IRAQ - Red Cross: Showing POWs on TV is Illegal
Showing footage of captured U.S. troops on Iraqi television violated the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - CBS... SHAME ON YOU
Family members have already contacted us... devastated by the thought that CBS and others believe the media's 'free press, free speech' and the public's 'right to know' supercede the family's RIGHT TO KNOW FIRST and their RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - DoD Press Advisory
United States Department of Defense Press Advisory 026-P March 23, 2003 Coverage of POWs and Deceased. Out of respect for the families and consistent with the principles of the Geneva Conventions: 1) We request news organizations not air or publish recognizable images or audio recordings that identify POWs.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - Shades of Mogadishu in POW's Treatment
As U.S. military leaders condemned Iraqi treatment of American prisoners of war, experts said on Sunday Saddam Hussein may be gambling that the United States turns and runs as it did after the bodies of U.S. troops were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu in 1993.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - Geneva Convention Prohibits Filming POWs
The release of a videotape of the interrogation of U.S. prisoners of war in Iraq violates the Geneva Convention, U.S. government officials and the human rights group Amnesty International said Sunday.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - US Confirms Soldiers' Capture
The US Defence Department has confirmed that some of the 10 US soldiers reported missing in southern Iraq have been captured, CNN has reported. The news comes after film of dead bodies and five captured US soldiers was shown by Iraq.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - US Soldiers "Unaccounted-for" in Iraq
Some U.S. soldiers in Iraq are "unaccounted for," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told CNN today.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - 12 Americans Missing Following Ambush
Twelve American soldiers are unaccounted for following actions around the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, U.S. Central Command officials said today. Army Lt. Gen. John Abizaid, deputy commander, Combined Forces Command, said irregular Iraqi forces ambushed a U.S. Army supply convoy. Abizaid spoke to the press at the Qatar headquarters of the coalition partner command, which like its CENTCOM American component, is commanded by Army Gen. Tommy Franks.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - Former Iraq POW Recalls Bad Times
Troy Dunlap watches the events of Iraq with rare perspective. Twelve years ago, he was a prisoner of war held by Saddam Hussein's forces in Iraq. As a POW, Dunlap was beaten and burned, treatment that led him and other former American POWs in Iraq to sue Saddam.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - 5 Americans, 4 Executed Americans, Shown on Iraqi TV
5 Americans in uniform, 4 men and 1 woman, have been shown on Iraqi television. The remains of 4 other US troops, who appear to have been executed POWs, were also shown.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - Bush - Treat Our Prisonsers Humanely
The president indicated he didn't know all the details of the Americans being taken prisoner in Iraq. Iraqi television videotape of soldiers being questioned was broadcast on al Jazeera a satellite news network based in the Persian Gulf.
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - Rumsfeld Transcript - US POWs
Rumsfeld: Nothing. The scene, some people are characterizing as staged -- I have no information that there are two downed pilots or paratroopers. Russert: Are there any allied planes missing? Rumsfeld: There has been a report of an aircraft that's missing.
March 23, 2003 PGW - Speicher... Family Holds on to Hope
Julie Speicher of Carmel watches the war news from a unique perspective: She doesn't have a soldier over in Iraq -- she has a prisoner of war there. That's what she thinks, anyway.
March 23, 2003 POW-MIA Freedom Radio Schedule
March 23, 2003 IRAQ - BREAKING - Iraq Has US POWs
he Iraqi vice president claimed Sunday that U.S. prisoners of war had been captured and would soon be shown on television. "Within hours you will watch American prisoners on TV screens and you will see films of burnt tanks at Suk al-Shoukh," said Taha Yassin Ramadan, referring to a town about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, which coalition troops said they had captured Saturday.
March 22, 2003 PGW - Team to Search for Pilot From Last War
Creating the special unit comes as U.S. intelligence agencies reported last week that an American pilot believed to be Capt. Speicher was spotted alive in Baghdad earlier this month. A classified intelligence report circulated to officials March 14 stated that Capt. Speicher was seen as he was being moved in Baghdad, although officials said the sighting could not be confirmed.
March 22, 2003 NAF Bits 'N' Pieces
Summary of News
March 22, 2003 IRAQ - REP Buyer Heads to Iraq for POW Judge Advocate Duty
During the first Gulf War in 1990, Buyer served as a legal adviser at a prisoner-of-war camp in the Persian Gulf, and investigated alleged war crimes. Buyer told his colleagues he again will be working at a POW camp, possibly in Kuwait.
March 22, 2003 Any Service Member Mail & Care Package Program Suspended
To bolster force protection, the general public is urged not to send unsolicited mail, care packages or donations to service members forward deployed unless you are a family member, loved one or personal friend.
March 21, 2003 WW II - Former POW Gives Medals Back to France
A World War II veteran who was decorated by the French government for his D-Day bravery returned his medal Friday to protest what he called the country's cowardice for opposing the war in Iraq.
March 21, 2003 IRAQ - Iraqi POWs Will Be Protected
POWs protected by Geneva convention - Iraqi troops who are captured or surrender to Allied forces can expect food, shelter and protection from harm under the terms of international law.
March 21, 2003 PGW - Faith in the Hunt for Gulf War Pilot
"We were flying together the night he was shot down. I saw it peripherally," he said. "I'm strongly convinced his case is part of the war plan. Hopefully, we will know something in the very short future." Pentagon officials have said U.S. troops will search for Speicher as they undertake the overthrow of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime.
March 18, 2003 SEA - NLF Update Line
Family Update
March 18, 2003 IRAQ - Legions of POWs May Slow Baghdad Advance
Taking lots of prisoners normally signifies that a war is being won. But for U.S.-led forces preparing to advance into Iraq, a sea of surrendering soldiers could become a headache of migraine proportions.
March 17, 2003 IRAQ - US Troops Told to be Wary of Suicide POWs
American troops were told yesterday to prepare for ³suicide PoWs² as commanders prepared to cope with tens of thousands of Iraqi defectors. US Marines, likely to be among the first troops to enter Iraqi terroritory, fear that some prisoners of war will use the suicide tactics of Hamas bombers to cause as many casualties as possible.
March 14, 2003 POW-MIA Freedom Radio Schedule
News and Views :: John LeBoutillier :: Col. (Doctor) george "Bud" Day, USAF (ret)
March 13, 2003 Iran-Iraq Agree to Prisoner Release
Iraq said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with neighbouring Iran under which Tehran will free all remaining Iraqi prisoners from their 1980-88 war and Baghdad will free Iranians jailed for civil crimes.
March 07, 2003 POW-MIA Freedom Radio Schedule
News and Views :: Art Bernklau
March 05, 2003 VA Seeks Former POWs
The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to locate former prisoners of war to discuss benefits eligibility.
March 05, 2003 Sad News
It is my very sad duty to inform you that Dawn Lindsey, passed away early today, March 4, 2003. Dawn was a member and past secretary of Task Force Omega, Colorado. She was a long time activist supporting our POW/MIAs, up to her death.
March 04, 2003 SEA - A Brotherhood in Captivity
Once they were the gallant aviators heading off to remote hot spots in treacherous territory. More than three decades ago, theirs were the young lives put on the line to free an oppressed people from a cruel dictator. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, is welcomed home to his family in 1973 after surviving seven years as a POW.
March 02, 2003 POW-MIA Freedom Radio
News and Views :: Dr. Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. :: Dr. Henry Mark Holzer
March 02, 2003 SEA - Searching for Solace
Be it an Army private killed in World War II, a Marine lost during the Korean War or an Air Force pilot shot down and missing in Vietnam, the road home for any U.S. military member killed or missing in action travels through Hawaii. More precisely, that road runs directly through the Armyıs Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii.
March 02, 2003 SEA - Unfinished Work
On the wings of a C-17 Globemaster III and the shoulders of its 12-man crew rested 30 years of unfinished work demanded from people like Ann Mills Griffiths. She has locked horns for more than 23 years with officials from the DMZ to D.C. Griffiths is the executive director of the National League of POW/MIA Families in Washington, D.C. She is also the sister of someone who is missing in action Navy Reserve Lt. James Mills whose plane was shot down in 1966.
March 01, 2003 SEA - DPMO Slates 2 Briefings
The U.S. Department of Defense's POW/MIA Office has agreed to hold two sessions in Waterford next month, explaining the process used in the search and recovery of American soldiers unaccounted for after war.
March 01, 2003 SEA - Renewing the Hunt
Margarete Holm admits her hopes rise each time she learns of the discovery of another American serviceman's remains being returned from Vietnam for burial. "I've been to the point of giving up hope," she said this week from her home in Lebanon, Pa. "But you still continue to hope."
POW-MIA Issue Update April 2003