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New story: Former POW remembers horrors of WWII

feeds@yuku.com (reporter) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:48:55 GMT

WWII POW speaks out
Check out my interview with a 90 year old former POW
susan@leadernewspapers.net

Airmen Missing In Action From WWII are Identified

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:46:42 GMT

NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense

No. 338-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 21, 2006 Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public/Industry(703)428-0711

Airmen Missing In Action From WWII are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of eleven U.S. airmen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military...

Remains found in Vietnam are those of Hoosier

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:43:39 GMT

www.indystar.com/articles...3-010.html

Remains found in Vietnam are those of Hoosier
Marine corporal from Griffith had been missing since his helicopter was hit by a missile in July 1972.

Associated Press
June 2, 2004

GRIFFITH, Ind. -- The remains of an Indiana Marine corporal killed in Vietnam 32 years ago have been...

NLF-POWMIA UPDATE May 17, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Wed, 19 May 2004 12:10:49 GMT

POWMIA UPDATE
May 17, 2004

POW/MIAs - VIETNAM WAR: According to DoD, there are now 1,859 Americans listed as missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War: 1,418 in Vietnam, 378 in Laos, 55 in Cambodia and 8 in PRC territorial waters. Over 90% of all Americans missing from the Vietnam War were lost in Vietnam or in areas of Laos and Cambodia under Hanoi's wartime control. Since the last Newsletter, seven Americans have been announced as accounted for:...

Missing Vietnam War Serviceman Identified

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:56:04 GMT

United States Department of Defense
News Release
On the web: dod.mil/releases/nr20040518-0808.html
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public contact: www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711

No. 476-04
May 18, 2004
IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

NAF - Bits N Pieces May 15, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 17 May 2004 11:58:46 GMT

National Alliance of Families
For The Return of America's Missing Servicemen
World War II --Korea -- Cold War -- Vietnam -- Gulf War

Dolores Alfond - 425-881-1499
Lynn O'Shea --- 718-846-4350
Web Site www.nationalalliance.org
email lynn@nationalalliance.org

May 15, 2004
Bits N Pieces

Day 36...

Korean And Cold War MIA Families Gather For Updates

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:21:37 GMT

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 388-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 30, 2004
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

Korean And Cold War MIA Families Gather For Updates

The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) will host a meeting with more than 500 family members of Korean War and Cold War MIAs Today and Saturday in McLean, Va.

The Honorable Jerry...

National League of POW/MIA Families Update-April 26, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:45:16 GMT

LEAGUE UPDATE
April 26, 2004

POW/MIAs - VIETNAM WAR: According to DoD, there are 1,862 Americans listed as missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, 1,420 in Vietnam, 379 in Laos, 55 in Cambodia and 8 in PRC territorial waters. On April 9th, DPMO reduced the number by two Americans whose remains were jointly recovered in Laos, and one whose remains were jointly recovered in Vietnam, all recently identified. The name of one American, SSGT Dennis W. Hammond, USMC, was...

Society - Vietnam Returns More Remains of US MIA

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:40:21 GMT

Society - Vietnam Returns More Remains of US MIA.

The Vietnamese Government has handed over the remains of five US solders
listed as missing in action (MIA) during the Vietnam War to the US. A
ceremony was
held on April 18 at Danang Airport in the central region and attended by the
Vietnam Office for MIAs, Vietnamese officials and representatives from the
US
MIA Office in Hanoi and the US Embassy.
The bones were found in central and southern provinces of...

Remains from Papua New Guinea, Vietnam arrive on U.S. soil

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:39:06 GMT

Remains from Papua New Guinea, Vietnam arrive on U.S. soil

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) - The remains of what are believed to be
American servicemen from World War II and the Vietnam War arrived on U.S.
soil
Tuesday. The remains now go to the nearby Joint POW/MIA Accounting
Command's Central Identification Laboratory, where scientists will attempt
to identify
them.
The 11 sets of remains recovered in Papua New Guinea are believed to be
those of a...

DoD Announces Change-in-Status of an Army Soldier Casualty

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:04:50 GMT

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 368-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 24, 2004
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

DoD Announces Change-in-Status of an Army Soldier Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Elmer C. Krause, 40, of Greensboro, N.C., has been...

U.S. POW/MIA Office Hosts Russian Archivists

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:29:49 GMT

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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U.S. POW/MIA Office Hosts Russian Archivists

The Department of Defense announced today that the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office will this week host a historic meeting between key Russian and U.S. archivists examining the issue of American POWs and MIAs at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Md.

Deputy...

Remains of U.S. MIAS to be Recovered in North Korea

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:28:50 GMT

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 310-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 12, 2004
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

Remains of U.S. MIAS to be Recovered in North Korea

The Department of Defense announced that U.S. and North Korean specialists began preliminary work today in North Korea to prepare to recover the remains of Americans missing in action from the Korean War.

For the first time since these...

News of the lastest OIF POW's

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:22:38 GMT

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 362-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apr 23, 2004
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

DoD Announces Soldier's Captured Status

The Department of Defense announced today a change in the status of a soldier serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom from duty status - whereabouts unknown to captured.

Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, was declared captured on April...

Bits N Pieces March 27, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:01:31 GMT

National Alliance of Families
For The Return of America's Missing Servicemen
World War II - Korea - Cold War - Vietnam - Gulf War

Dolores Alfond 425-881-499
Lynn O'Shea ---- 718-846-4350
Web Site www.nationalalliance.org
email lynn@nationalalliance.org

March 27, 2004 Bits N Pieces

Prisoner of War...

Bits N Pieces March 12 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:13:17 GMT

National Alliance of Families
For The Return of America's Missing Servicemen
World War II - Korea - Cold War - Vietnam - Gulf War

Dolores Alfond -- 425-881-1499
Lynn O'Shea ---- 718-846-4350
Web Site www.nationalalliance.org
email lynn@nationalalliance.org

March 12, 2004 Bits N Pieces

Speicher...

League Update March 2, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:16:46 GMT

LEAGUE UPDATE
March 2, 2004

POW/MIAs - VIETNAM WAR: According to DoD, there are now 1,866 Americans missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, 1,421 in Vietnam, 382 in Laos, 55 in Cambodia and 8 in PRC territorial waters. Today, DoD announced that the remains of LCPL Luther E. Ritchey, Jr., USMC, COL Richard S. Schott, USA, SMSgt Phillip J. Stickney, USAF and MAJ Larry A.Thorne, USA, had been recovered and identified. Over 90% of all Americans missing from the Vietnam...

Bits N Pieces February 21, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:05:27 GMT

National Alliance of Families
For The Return of America's Missing Servicemen
World War II - Korea - Cold War - Vietnam - Gulf War

Dolores Alfond - 425-881-1499
Lynn O'Shea --- 718-846-4350
Web Site www.nationalalliance.org
email lynn@nationalalliance.org

February 21, 2004 Bits N Pieces

Saddam Is A POW -- An...

Bits 'N' Pieces - Januart 24, 2004

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:29:04 GMT

Remains of Four American MIAs Sent to U.S.

feeds@yuku.com (JenPOWMIAFF) — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:36:57 GMT

Remains of Four American MIAs Sent to U.S.

Jan 14, 7:00 PM (EST)HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Remains believed to be those of four U.S. soldiers killed during the Vietnam War were saluted and loaded onto a plane bound for home Wednesday.

The remains were found in northern and central Vietnam by a joint recovery team that searches for soldiers listed as missing in action.

``Anytime I can send ... these lost soldiers home, it gives me a great feeling in my heart, knowing that...