September 2001
Summary of news for the entire month.
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September 30, 2001 KW - Official Found Guilty
A retired State Department expert on North Korea pleaded guilty today to improperly using his influence to help secure a government contract for a wealthy New Jersey businessman who had offered him a job and lavished tens of thousands of dollars in gifts on him and his family.
September 30, 2001 SEA - DOD Announces SEA Identification
Remains of a U.S. Navy pilot missing in action for more than 36 years from the Vietnam War have been identified and are being returned to his family. Identified is Navy Lt. Edd D. Taylor of Heber Springs, Ark.
September 29, 2001 SEA - Bracelet Returning Home
When Maj. Victor Apodaca's F-4C Phantom was struck by enemy fire over Quang Binh province in North Vietnam, Jerry Rabon was 6 months old and thousands of miles away in Columbia, S.C. More than 20 years later, a small stainless-steel band brought them together, in spirit at least.
September 28, 2001 Medal of Freedom Eligibility
Military and civilian personnel killed or injured in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be recognized for their sacrifice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sept. 27.
September 28, 2001 Defense Medal of Freedom
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today the creation of the Defense of Freedom medal to honor civilian employees of the Department of Defense injured or killed in the line of duty.
September 27, 2001 SEA - NLF Update
Family Update
September 27, 2001 SEA - NLF New Address
Family News & Update
September 26, 2001 Remarks of Thomas E. White
The Honorable Thomas E. White, Secretary Of The Army, POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery, 21 Sep 01
September 26, 2001 Remarks of Orson Swindle
With the awesome responsibilities that our government and military leaders have before them, I know that I can express for the families and friends of those Missing in Action an enormous sense of gratitude for your being here. I have struggled with what might be appropriate to say to you at this moment in history. Emotions, images and memories, both old and new, fill my mind.
September 26, 2001 Families Can Relate
Eva Bernice Dunham knows the feelings of the families of those still missing from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. She's lived those feelings for 50 years.
September 24, 2001 Breakfast Honors POWs
Thirteen returned prisoners-of-war were honored as the special guests of MCLB Albany at the 15th Annual Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action Recognition Breakfast Friday.
September 23, 2001 WW II - Senate Rules on POWs Stance
The Senate affirmed Monday that American prisoners of war should have the right to sue Japanese companies that used them as slave labor during World War II.
September 23, 2001 WW II - Judge Rules on Suits Against Japan
Thousands of people from China, Korea and the Philippines have been denied the right to pursue lawsuits in U.S. courts against Japanese companies they say enslaved them during World War II.
September 22, 2001 SEA - Vietnam Has Remains of Missing Soldiers
The remains of more than 300,000 communist Vietnamese soldiers, most killed during the Vietnam War, remain unidentified in war cemeteries, an official said Wednesday.
September 22, 2001 American Legion on POW-MIA Recognition Day
Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Let us take a moment from our daily routine to reflect on the plight of thousands of Americans who went to fight for freedom and their fate is still unknown.
September 21, 2001 PROCLAMATION
Our military history is replete with heroes who put love of country above their own well-being. In answering the call to defend our ideals, generations of brave Americans have left home and family to protect our great Nation, some never to return.
September 21, 2001 National POW-MIA Recognition Day
Remember!
September 21, 2001 Ceremony Advisory
Orson G. Swindle III, who spent six years and four months as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, is the slated keynote speaker at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony scheduled for Sept. 21 at Arlington National Cemetery.
September 21, 2001 Vigil Invitation
September 20, 2001 POW-MIA Recognition Ceremony Shifts to Arlington - ADVISORY!
Due to last week's terrorist attacks, the annual ceremony is being moved from the Pentagon to the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater.
September 19, 2001 SEA - Vietnam's Missing
The remains of more than 300,000 communist Vietnamese soldiers, most killed during the Vietnam War, remain unidentified in war cemeteries, an official said Wednesday.
September 19, 2001 SEA - Air Force POW-MIA Laid to Rest
The remains of Maj. Victor Apodaca were laid to rest Sept. 15 with full military honors at the U.S. Air Force Academy here.
September 19, 2001 Russia Surprised By US Commitment to POW-MIA Issue
Say "POW" or "MIA" and nearly every American will think of Vietnam. While many American POWs and MIAs were lost there, thousands are missing in Europe, China and the Soviet Union from World War II, the Korean War as well as from Southeast Asia.
September 18, 2001 Fayetteville, NC, Proclamation
September 17, 2001 SEA - NLF Status
SEA Casualty Status
September 17, 2001 SEA - NLF Update
Family Update
September 17, 2001 SEA - NLF Update Line
Family Update
September 17, 2001 POW-MIA Recognition Day Information
For those of you planning programs, vigils and cermonies... Current Statistics, POW-MIA Unaccounted-For Personnel, SEA Info Only, Korea-Cold War Info Only, WW II Info Only, POW-MIA Issue Histories, POW-MIA Laws & Legislation, Presidential Determinations & Proclamations
September 16, 2001 SEA - Another Detour Coming Home
It took 34 years for the remains of an Air Force pilot shot down in Vietnam to be returned to the Air Force Academy, and the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington caused more of a delay.
September 15, 2001 WTC & Pentagon Missing Information
As of Today: There are 187 missing personnel from the attack on the Pentagon. There are 5,097 people reported missing in the attack on the World Trade Center. NYC FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER MOVES FROM ARMORY TO PIER 94
September 13, 2001 WTC & Pentagon Missing Information As of this morning a partial list of 126 missing personnel from the attack on and subsequent collapse and fire at the Pentagon was compiled. As of this morning, 4,763 people had been reported missing in the devastation of the World Trade Center. Please do not use the 911 emergency system to seek information on your missing loved ones and friends. Use the following numbers instead.
September 13, 2001 DOD News Release Pentagon Contact Info
There are no casualty figures currently available. Injured personnel were taken to several area hospitals. Secretary of Defense Donald S. Rumsfeld has expressed his concern for the families of those killed and injured during this shameless attack and is directing operations from his command center in the Pentagon.
September 13, 2001 DOD News Release Pentagon Missing Personnel
The Department of Defense announced today initial estimates indicate that approximately 126 persons remain unaccounted for in the wake of Tuesday's attack on the Pentagon. Search and recovery efforts continue. Names of the missing will be released after next of kin have been notified. While the number is not expected to change significantly, this is only a preliminary, initial estimate, based on roster checks and other information. These numbers do not include any of the passengers aboard American Airlines Flight #77.
September 13, 2001 Condolences
September 13, 2001 Operation Proud Eagle
Proud to be Americans... damn proud to be New Yorkers
September 13, 2001 National Day of Prayer & Remembrance
US President George W. Bush has designated Friday as "a national day of prayers and remembrance," for the thousands of victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, the White House said Thursday.
September 12, 2001 Rising Like A Phoenix From The Ashes
Old Glory ! Amidst the unimaginable carnage and rubble, Old Glory flies as a bright and shining reminder of everything we embrace and hold dear. At Ground Zero in both Washington and New York, rescue workers and citizens have taped, tied, draped, planted and worn the Stars and Stripes in every conceivable way. Across the Nation our National Standard flies at half mast, hangs in windows, from bridges and overpasses, flaps on car antennas, and is wrapped around trees and posts.
September 12, 2001 DOD Family Assistance
The Department of Defense today opened a family assistance center at the Sheraton Hotel in Crystal City, Va. The center will provide a variety of services to family members of the victims of yesterday's attack on the Pentagon.
September 12, 2001 DOD Recovery Efforts News Release
Search and rescue operations at the Pentagon, led by as many as 200 Arlington County firefighters and police assisted by a number of other jurisdictions, continue today. The area of the Pentagon where the aircraft struck and burned sustained catastrophic damage. Anyone who might have survived the initial impact and collapse could not have survived the fire that followed. When the aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, it reportedly was carrying several thousand gallons of jet fuel, which caused an intense fire in the immediate crash area.
September 11, 2001 God Bless America
September 10, 2001 NAF Bits 'N' Pieces
Summary of News
September 09, 2001 WW II - Ex-POWs Seek Apology & Compensation
According to some, the treaty that formally ended World War Two was a shameful bargain -- bought and paid for with the lives, blood and honor of untold millions of Japan's victims in the war.
September 09, 2001 WW II - Treaty Anniversary Brings More Demands for Reparations
The Japanese newspaper Asahi reported Friday that during the ceremony, Tanaka will apologize for the suffering of American prisoners of war. There was no immediate confirmation from the Japanese government.
September 07, 2001 WW II - Japan to Apologize?
Tanaka has decided to offer an apology at the ceremony for the suffering of American POWs in an attempt to soothe what remains a sore spot between the two countries, the nationally circulated Asahi newspaper reported.
September 07, 2001 SEA - Trade Bill Moving Along
With the voice vote Thursday, the House approved a bilateral trade agreement reached between Hanoi and the Clinton administration in July 2000 and sent to Congress by President Bush in June.
September 06, 2001National POW-MIA Recognition Day 2001
Viet War POW Heads Pentagon POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony
September 05, 2001 WW II - Crew Remains Located
U.S. experts have found the remains of at least two Americans who died when their Navy bomber crashed on a volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula during World War II.
September 04, 2001 WW II - Crew Remains Found In Russia
he remains were discovered on the slopes of the 7,100-foot Muntovsky volcano, one of several active volcanoes in Kamchatka, which has a train of steam pouring from its 1.5-mile diameter crater nearly every day, Tass said.
September 04, 2001 NLF Update Line
According to the Department of Defense, there are still 1,957 Americans missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.
September 03, 2001 The USS Liberty Tragedy Continues
On June 8th, 1967, Israeli warplanes attacked, unprovoked, a US techinal research ship operating in the vicinity of the Arab-Israeli War or 'Six Day War' theater.
September 03, 2001 WW II - A Mystery Unravels
Mimi Gosney never knew her father, the only American journalist executed during World War II. Now, after a "very sobering" visit to the Nazi concentration camp where Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was put to death in 1945, she has new insights into the reporter who pecked out history on a portable typewriter.
September 02, 2001 WW II - Ex-POWs Protest Japanese Slave Labor
The fifty years since the United States signed a peace treaty with Japan in San Francisco have been difficult for a forgotten group of American veterans who were Prisoners of War of the Japanese. These American veterans, who were captured by the Japanese and forced into slave labor for private Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, are still seeking recognition for the suffering they endured as slave laborers for private companies during WWII.
September 01, 2001 POW-MIA Recognition Day Data
September 01, 2001 GW - Persian Gulf MIA Identified
Evidently the Middle East has the ability to track, trace, recover and identify. Iraq has the ability to turn over remains. All parties have the ability to turn over Prisoners. Yet, nothing has been said about Persian Gulf MIA Michael Scott Speicher. Could it be that the ONLY time anyone in government is interested is when the man is dead and there's only remains to worry about?
September 01, 2001 VN Ambassador-To-Be
When Taiwan surprised the world by electing a president many feared would spark a war with China, Raymond Burghardt was key to calming nerves in Washington as the top U.S. representative to the island.
September 01, 2001 Event Announcement
POW-MIA Issue Update October 2001
