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This Tree is for all the POW's that have not returned and will remain on this site until the day that they come home. The lastest Informtion on POW’s and ALAS !! TOLL FREE numbers in regards to POW’s (Thank you Charles for sharing this info..) There were 801 POWs that returned alive from Southeast Asia. 660 of these were service members 65 were civilians 76 were foreign nationals. Of the 801 returning, there were 136 Army, 333 were Air Force, 39 were Marines, and 152 were Navy. 28 personnel escaped, 66 were released, and 566 returned during the Operation Home Coming. The first to be captured by the Viet Cong (VC) on 23 October 1963 were: CAPTAIN HUMBERT R. VERSACE 1LT JAMES N. ROWE and SGT. DANIEL PITZAR. Capt. Versace was reported to have been executed by the VC 25 September 1965 along with Sgt Kenneth Roraback. Neither remains has been repatriated. Capt. Versace did not receive the Medal of Honor, even after being highly recommended. This was a grave misjustice and should be re-looked at, as with others that were held captive in that brutal jungle. Others that were captured and some died should at least receive the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross.There were about 2,500 US personnel who were classified by the State Department as missing from Southeast Asia after the Operation Homecoming. Most of these service members were written off in the 1980s with a bureaucratic classification of presumptive finding of death -BODY NOT RECOVERED. This I have heard many times over in the past. Another Update - 24 Aug 1999 - Corporal Charles Tillman, Columbia, SC - 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division and Private Herbert Ardis, Detroit, Mich. - 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division were both lost in the confusion in the Korean War and were listed as Missing in Action. This happened in fighting the Chinese Communist forces near the Chongchon River in North Korea. They were recently identified. Since 1996, the remains of 35 have been repatriated from North Korea. In order to keep with the fullest possible accounting of America's missing in action service members, the services have set up the following toll free 800 numbers. If you or you know anyone that could use them, please feel free to provide them with the numbers. I am sure they would appreciate it very much for your loving kindness. Families Can contact the following Numbers for up to- date information on a Missing Service member - -- Army 800-892-2490 Navy 800-443-9298 Air Force 800-531-5501 Marine Corps 800-847-1597 Civilians that were missing - families can contact the State Department - 202-647-6769 From what I have heard - the primary focus of this year's national ceremony will be Secretary of Defense Cohen's dedication of an inscription on the empty Vietnam War crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery. The inscription will read HONORING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH AMERICA'S MISSING SERVICEMEN," with the dates 1958-1975, previously inscribed. For information on this ceremony closest to you, please contact the Defense POW/MIA Office, area code 703, 602-2102, Ext. 111. That is the best I could do. Brig. Gen. Harry B. Axson, Jr., the new commander of the Joint Task Force for Full-Accounting, is now on a trip to Laos for POW/MIA consultations. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 17th this year. A lot of concerns were over the identities of the Korean and World War II. I have received a lot of e-mails on this topic. The Central Identification Laboratory also recently stated that it will use DNA technology to identify the Korean War and World War II remains that were previously classified as unknown and buried in national cemeteries. The remains of one US Navy and two US Army personnel, repatriated, respectively, in 1990 from North Vietnam and 1997 from South Vietnam, have been identified and are returning to their families for burial. The remains of two Americans previously listed as missing in Laos have been returned and identified. The remains of Major Charles F. Morley of Warrensburg, MO, and Captain Thomas C. Daffron of Pinckneyville, IL, both US Air Force, were recovered by a US-Lao excavation team in 1995. These two Americans were lost during a night mission over Khammouan Province, Laos, on February 18, 1970. A third American, Army Specialist 4th Class Roger L. Smith of South Point, Ohio, has also been accounted for. The remains of Specialist Smith, listed as missing in North Vietnam on October 3, 1968, were recovered in October & November of 1994. You may have heard the controversy over the funeral policies. They have been going through this ordeal for a long time now. Well, new Funeral policies are now being considered by the Department of Defense (DOD). They have sent a set of proposals to Congress that will improve the way funeral honors are being conducted now. If approved by Congress, the services will all be required to provide specific funeral honors for any veteran who has served honorably in the Armed Forces by the next of kin. If approved, it will become effective on 1 January 2000. DOD plans to have an 800 toll free number for the funeral requests, and a Web site to explain the benefits. (Jules, I hope all this did not bother you too much with so much information, but I had to share it with the people that really care. It is the latest information that I could get. You have a wonderful site . I came by last week for a spell. I changed my site around a little and added a few others. Thank You and God Bless You, Charles) Pray for POW/MIA's still being held captive in South- east Asia. YES...there are still living POW/MIA's... Don't believe?? Go to these sites, and read the sad accounts. Just click on red-white & blue button. Thank you. Col. Ted Guy, Senior Ex-POW U.S.A.F.(Returned 1973 Died 1999): Col Gordon "Swede" Larson, Ex-POW (Returned 1973): CW4 (Ret) Frank Anton, Ex-POW (Returned 1973): We must remember the women that were POWs also On December 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Five (5) Navy nurses on the island of Guam were taken prisoner by the Japanese. USN Lt jg Leona Jackson USN Lt jg Lorraine Christiansen USN Lt jg Virginia Fogerty USN Lt jg Doris Yetter They were under the command of Chief Nurse Marion Olds. Later in 1942 they were taken to Japan, and were held for three months in Zentsuji Prison on Shikoku Island. They were then moved to Eastern Lodge in Kobe until their repatriation in August of 1942. USN Lt jg C. Edwina Todd USN Lt jg Goldie O'Haver USN Lt jg Mary Chapman USN Lt jg Bertha Evans USN Lt jg Mary Harrington USN Lt jg Helen Gorzelanski USN Lt jg Margaret Nash USN Lt jg Dorothy Still USN Lt jg Eldene Paige USN Lt jg Susie Pitcher Were under the command of Chief Nurse Laura Cobb, when they were captured in May of 1943. They were sent to the prison camp at Los Banos. The infirmary that they established was very short of medical supplies and medicines ... yet they continued to nurse the sick until Los Banos was liberated in February of 1945. Lt. Reba Whittle, Army Nurse Corps, was flying on an air evac mission in Europe, when the plane was shot down by the Germans in September 1944. She and her crew were captured and imprisoned. Lt . Whittle was wounded yet performed nursing duties for the prisoners in the camp. They were repatriated to Switzerland. Lt. Whittle was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. At the time of her capture she had flown over forty missions. Her injuries subsequently disqualified her from flying and her status as a POW was not revealed until much later. The movie "Three Came Home" starring Claudette Colbert, depicts Agnes Newton Keith, who was imprisoned in several Japanese camps from 1941 until the end of the war. Betty Ann Olsen was captured during a raid on the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot during Tet 1968. She died in 1968 and was buried somewhere along Ho Chi Minh Trail by fellow POW, Michael Benge. Eleanor Ardel Vietti was captured at the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot, May 30, 1962. She is still listed as POW. Operation Desert Storm saw the capture and imprisonment of an Army Flight Surgeon, Major Rhonda Cornum and an Army Transportation Specialist-Sp4 Melissa Rathbun-Nealy. The Forgotten War By Lt. Col. Eli Culbertson The cold bleak hills of Korea Are far away from the USA Where we fought the fight for freedom And the right for human liberty. And in captivity as POW's, we saw The worst of inhumane treatment That man can give to man It happened in the Bean Camp, Pak's Palace The Mining Camp, Death Valley, In the Cornfield and on the Death March. It consisted of beatings, murders, and starvation Brainwashing, mock trials and isolation Kneeling barechested in the snow, Standing with arms held high While the Bull or the Whip beat you over the head With corn cobs or sticks or rifle butts, And all allowed since each guard was His own judge, jury, and executioner. And this was done in the name of Stalin and Kim, IL-Sung. Whether the "Tiger" led this Or by "Dirty Pictures Wong" It is still remembered in my mind As a long - dark - dreary passage of time Which many of us could not endure It was really not "Give-up-it is" The flesh was weak and the mind unable to cope But why did some of us die, And others live? I know not why. Sometimes I've said, simply, that "I would not let the bastards kill me." And yet there is more to it than that. As Father Coyos reminded me at my daily prayer, "Please God, increase the value of this food". Brings to mind what our captors used to say, "Well, if you believe in God a… Then let him feed you." So I suppose in many cases, such as mine He did. But how can we live today, Without remembering the past? We cannot. And most important, we must remember our Buddies who did not make it. Thornton, Jester, Anderson, Cox, McKinley And the Roll Call goes on. Left behind. Somewhere on the cold Korean Hillside, or beside the road. Let's bring them home. If not their remains, at least their Roll Call Enshrined forever in appropriate memorial As at the Punch Bowl TO THAT FORGOTTEN WAR. OSCAR CORTEZ' STORY San Antonio,Tx. I landed in Pusan on 31 Aug.1950. I was in A Btry.15th Fld. Arty. 2nd Div. Our battery was the first to fire against the NK's at the Pusan Perimeter. We were in Kunuri when the Chinese came into the war. I was captured on Feb.13th 1951. 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The lastest Informtion on POW’s and ALAS !! TOLL FREE numbers in regards to POW’s (Thank you Charles for sharing this info..) There were 801 POWs that returned alive from Southeast Asia. 660 of these were service members 65 were civilians 76 were foreign nationals. Of the 801 returning, there were 136 Army, 333 were Air Force, 39 were Marines, and 152 were Navy. 28 personnel escaped, 66 were released, and 566 returned during the Operation Home Coming. The first to be captured by the Viet Cong (VC) on 23 October 1963 were: CAPTAIN HUMBERT R. VERSACE 1LT JAMES N. ROWE and SGT. DANIEL PITZAR. Capt. Versace was reported to have been executed by the VC 25 September 1965 along with Sgt Kenneth Roraback. Neither remains has been repatriated. Capt. Versace did not receive the Medal of Honor, even after being highly recommended. This was a grave misjustice and should be re-looked at, as with others that were held captive in that brutal jungle. Others that were captured and some died should at least receive the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross.There were about 2,500 US personnel who were classified by the State Department as missing from Southeast Asia after the Operation Homecoming. Most of these service members were written off in the 1980s with a bureaucratic classification of presumptive finding of death -BODY NOT RECOVERED. This I have heard many times over in the past. Another Update - 24 Aug 1999 - Corporal Charles Tillman, Columbia, SC - 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division and Private Herbert Ardis, Detroit, Mich. - 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division were both lost in the confusion in the Korean War and were listed as Missing in Action. This happened in fighting the Chinese Communist forces near the Chongchon River in North Korea. They were recently identified. Since 1996, the remains of 35 have been repatriated from North Korea. In order to keep with the fullest possible accounting of America's missing in action service members, the services have set up the following toll free 800 numbers. If you or you know anyone that could use them, please feel free to provide them with the numbers. I am sure they would appreciate it very much for your loving kindness. Families Can contact the following Numbers for up to- date information on a Missing Service member - -- Army 800-892-2490 Navy 800-443-9298 Air Force 800-531-5501 Marine Corps 800-847-1597 Civilians that were missing - families can contact the State Department - 202-647-6769 From what I have heard - the primary focus of this year's national ceremony will be Secretary of Defense Cohen's dedication of an inscription on the empty Vietnam War crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery. The inscription will read HONORING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH AMERICA'S MISSING SERVICEMEN," with the dates 1958-1975, previously inscribed. For information on this ceremony closest to you, please contact the Defense POW/MIA Office, area code 703, 602-2102, Ext. 111. That is the best I could do. Brig. Gen. Harry B. Axson, Jr., the new commander of the Joint Task Force for Full-Accounting, is now on a trip to Laos for POW/MIA consultations. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 17th this year. A lot of concerns were over the identities of the Korean and World War II. I have received a lot of e-mails on this topic. The Central Identification Laboratory also recently stated that it will use DNA technology to identify the Korean War and World War II remains that were previously classified as unknown and buried in national cemeteries. The remains of one US Navy and two US Army personnel, repatriated, respectively, in 1990 from North Vietnam and 1997 from South Vietnam, have been identified and are returning to their families for burial. The remains of two Americans previously listed as missing in Laos have been returned and identified. The remains of Major Charles F. Morley of Warrensburg, MO, and Captain Thomas C. Daffron of Pinckneyville, IL, both US Air Force, were recovered by a US-Lao excavation team in 1995. These two Americans were lost during a night mission over Khammouan Province, Laos, on February 18, 1970. A third American, Army Specialist 4th Class Roger L. Smith of South Point, Ohio, has also been accounted for. The remains of Specialist Smith, listed as missing in North Vietnam on October 3, 1968, were recovered in October & November of 1994. You may have heard the controversy over the funeral policies. They have been going through this ordeal for a long time now. Well, new Funeral policies are now being considered by the Department of Defense (DOD). They have sent a set of proposals to Congress that will improve the way funeral honors are being conducted now. If approved by Congress, the services will all be required to provide specific funeral honors for any veteran who has served honorably in the Armed Forces by the next of kin. If approved, it will become effective on 1 January 2000. DOD plans to have an 800 toll free number for the funeral requests, and a Web site to explain the benefits. (Jules, I hope all this did not bother you too much with so much information, but I had to share it with the people that really care. It is the latest information that I could get. You have a wonderful site . I came by last week for a spell. I changed my site around a little and added a few others. Thank You and God Bless You, Charles)
There were 801 POWs that returned alive from Southeast Asia. 660 of these were service members 65 were civilians 76 were foreign nationals. Of the 801 returning, there were 136 Army, 333 were Air Force, 39 were Marines, and 152 were Navy. 28 personnel escaped, 66 were released, and 566 returned during the Operation Home Coming. The first to be captured by the Viet Cong (VC) on 23 October 1963 were: CAPTAIN HUMBERT R. VERSACE 1LT JAMES N. ROWE and SGT. DANIEL PITZAR. Capt. Versace was reported to have been executed by the VC 25 September 1965 along with Sgt Kenneth Roraback. Neither remains has been repatriated. Capt. Versace did not receive the Medal of Honor, even after being highly recommended. This was a grave misjustice and should be re-looked at, as with others that were held captive in that brutal jungle. Others that were captured and some died should at least receive the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross.
There were about 2,500 US personnel who were classified by the State Department as missing from Southeast Asia after the Operation Homecoming. Most of these service members were written off in the 1980s with a bureaucratic classification of presumptive finding of death -BODY NOT RECOVERED. This I have heard many times over in the past.
Another Update - 24 Aug 1999 - Corporal Charles Tillman, Columbia, SC - 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division and Private Herbert Ardis, Detroit, Mich. - 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division were both lost in the confusion in the Korean War and were listed as Missing in Action. This happened in fighting the Chinese Communist forces near the Chongchon River in North Korea. They were recently identified.
Since 1996, the remains of 35 have been repatriated from North Korea. In order to keep with the fullest possible accounting of America's missing in action service members, the services have set up the following toll free 800 numbers. If you or you know anyone that could use them, please feel free to provide them with the numbers. I am sure they would appreciate it very much for your loving kindness. Families Can contact the following Numbers for up to- date information on a Missing Service member - --
Army 800-892-2490 Navy 800-443-9298 Air Force 800-531-5501 Marine Corps 800-847-1597 Civilians that were missing - families can contact the State Department - 202-647-6769
From what I have heard - the primary focus of this year's national ceremony will be Secretary of Defense Cohen's dedication of an inscription on the empty Vietnam War crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery. The inscription will read HONORING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH AMERICA'S MISSING SERVICEMEN," with the dates 1958-1975, previously inscribed. For information on this ceremony closest to you, please contact the Defense POW/MIA Office, area code 703, 602-2102, Ext. 111. That is the best I could do.
Brig. Gen. Harry B. Axson, Jr., the new commander of the Joint Task Force for Full-Accounting, is now on a trip to Laos for POW/MIA consultations. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 17th this year. A lot of concerns were over the identities of the Korean and World War II. I have received a lot of e-mails on this topic. The Central Identification Laboratory also recently stated that it will use DNA technology to identify the Korean War and World War II remains that were previously classified as unknown and buried in national cemeteries. The remains of one US Navy and two US Army personnel, repatriated, respectively, in 1990 from North Vietnam and 1997 from South Vietnam, have been identified and are returning to their families for burial. The remains of two Americans previously listed as missing in Laos have been returned and identified. The remains of Major Charles F. Morley of Warrensburg, MO, and Captain Thomas C. Daffron of Pinckneyville, IL, both US Air Force, were recovered by a US-Lao excavation team in 1995. These two Americans were lost during a night mission over Khammouan Province, Laos, on February 18, 1970. A third American, Army Specialist 4th Class Roger L. Smith of South Point, Ohio, has also been accounted for. The remains of Specialist Smith, listed as missing in North Vietnam on October 3, 1968, were recovered in October & November of 1994.
You may have heard the controversy over the funeral policies. They have been going through this ordeal for a long time now. Well, new Funeral policies are now being considered by the Department of Defense (DOD). They have sent a set of proposals to Congress that will improve the way funeral honors are being conducted now. If approved by Congress, the services will all be required to provide specific funeral honors for any veteran who has served honorably in the Armed Forces by the next of kin. If approved, it will become effective on 1 January 2000. DOD plans to have an 800 toll free number for the funeral requests, and a Web site to explain the benefits.
(Jules, I hope all this did not bother you too much with so much information, but I had to share it with the people that really care. It is the latest information that I could get. You have a wonderful site . I came by last week for a spell. I changed my site around a little and added a few others. Thank You and God Bless You, Charles)
Pray for POW/MIA's still being held captive in South- east Asia. YES...there are still living POW/MIA's... Don't believe?? Go to these sites, and read the sad accounts. Just click on red-white & blue button. Thank you.
Col. Ted Guy, Senior Ex-POW U.S.A.F.(Returned 1973 Died 1999):
Col Gordon "Swede" Larson, Ex-POW (Returned 1973):
CW4 (Ret) Frank Anton, Ex-POW (Returned 1973):
We must remember the women that were POWs also On December 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Five (5) Navy nurses on the island of Guam were taken prisoner by the Japanese. USN Lt jg Leona Jackson USN Lt jg Lorraine Christiansen USN Lt jg Virginia Fogerty USN Lt jg Doris Yetter They were under the command of Chief Nurse Marion Olds. Later in 1942 they were taken to Japan, and were held for three months in Zentsuji Prison on Shikoku Island. They were then moved to Eastern Lodge in Kobe until their repatriation in August of 1942. USN Lt jg C. Edwina Todd USN Lt jg Goldie O'Haver USN Lt jg Mary Chapman USN Lt jg Bertha Evans USN Lt jg Mary Harrington USN Lt jg Helen Gorzelanski USN Lt jg Margaret Nash USN Lt jg Dorothy Still USN Lt jg Eldene Paige USN Lt jg Susie Pitcher Were under the command of Chief Nurse Laura Cobb, when they were captured in May of 1943. They were sent to the prison camp at Los Banos. The infirmary that they established was very short of medical supplies and medicines ... yet they continued to nurse the sick until Los Banos was liberated in February of 1945. Lt. Reba Whittle, Army Nurse Corps, was flying on an air evac mission in Europe, when the plane was shot down by the Germans in September 1944. She and her crew were captured and imprisoned. Lt . Whittle was wounded yet performed nursing duties for the prisoners in the camp. They were repatriated to Switzerland. Lt. Whittle was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. At the time of her capture she had flown over forty missions. Her injuries subsequently disqualified her from flying and her status as a POW was not revealed until much later.
On December 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Five (5) Navy nurses on the island of Guam were taken prisoner by the Japanese. USN Lt jg Leona Jackson USN Lt jg Lorraine Christiansen USN Lt jg Virginia Fogerty USN Lt jg Doris Yetter They were under the command of Chief Nurse Marion Olds. Later in 1942 they were taken to Japan, and were held for three months in Zentsuji Prison on Shikoku Island. They were then moved to Eastern Lodge in Kobe until their repatriation in August of 1942.
USN Lt jg C. Edwina Todd USN Lt jg Goldie O'Haver USN Lt jg Mary Chapman USN Lt jg Bertha Evans USN Lt jg Mary Harrington USN Lt jg Helen Gorzelanski USN Lt jg Margaret Nash USN Lt jg Dorothy Still USN Lt jg Eldene Paige USN Lt jg Susie Pitcher Were under the command of Chief Nurse Laura Cobb, when they were captured in May of 1943. They were sent to the prison camp at Los Banos. The infirmary that they established was very short of medical supplies and medicines ... yet they continued to nurse the sick until Los Banos was liberated in February of 1945.
Lt. Reba Whittle, Army Nurse Corps, was flying on an air evac mission in Europe, when the plane was shot down by the Germans in September 1944. She and her crew were captured and imprisoned. Lt . Whittle was wounded yet performed nursing duties for the prisoners in the camp. They were repatriated to Switzerland. Lt. Whittle was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. At the time of her capture she had flown over forty missions. Her injuries subsequently disqualified her from flying and her status as a POW was not revealed until much later.
The movie "Three Came Home" starring Claudette Colbert, depicts Agnes Newton Keith, who was imprisoned in several Japanese camps from 1941 until the end of the war. Betty Ann Olsen was captured during a raid on the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot during Tet 1968. She died in 1968 and was buried somewhere along Ho Chi Minh Trail by fellow POW, Michael Benge. Eleanor Ardel Vietti was captured at the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot, May 30, 1962. She is still listed as POW. Operation Desert Storm saw the capture and imprisonment of an Army Flight Surgeon, Major Rhonda Cornum and an Army Transportation Specialist-Sp4 Melissa Rathbun-Nealy.
Betty Ann Olsen was captured during a raid on the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot during Tet 1968. She died in 1968 and was buried somewhere along Ho Chi Minh Trail by fellow POW, Michael Benge.
Eleanor Ardel Vietti was captured at the leprosarium in Ban Me Thuot, May 30, 1962. She is still listed as POW.
Operation Desert Storm saw the capture and imprisonment of an Army Flight Surgeon, Major Rhonda Cornum and an Army Transportation Specialist-Sp4 Melissa Rathbun-Nealy.
The Forgotten War By Lt. Col. Eli Culbertson The cold bleak hills of Korea Are far away from the USA Where we fought the fight for freedom And the right for human liberty. And in captivity as POW's, we saw The worst of inhumane treatment That man can give to man It happened in the Bean Camp, Pak's Palace The Mining Camp, Death Valley, In the Cornfield and on the Death March. It consisted of beatings, murders, and starvation Brainwashing, mock trials and isolation Kneeling barechested in the snow, Standing with arms held high While the Bull or the Whip beat you over the head With corn cobs or sticks or rifle butts, And all allowed since each guard was His own judge, jury, and executioner. And this was done in the name of Stalin and Kim, IL-Sung. Whether the "Tiger" led this Or by "Dirty Pictures Wong" It is still remembered in my mind As a long - dark - dreary passage of time Which many of us could not endure It was really not "Give-up-it is" The flesh was weak and the mind unable to cope But why did some of us die, And others live? I know not why. Sometimes I've said, simply, that "I would not let the bastards kill me." And yet there is more to it than that. As Father Coyos reminded me at my daily prayer, "Please God, increase the value of this food". Brings to mind what our captors used to say, "Well, if you believe in God a… Then let him feed you." So I suppose in many cases, such as mine He did. But how can we live today, Without remembering the past? We cannot. And most important, we must remember our Buddies who did not make it. Thornton, Jester, Anderson, Cox, McKinley And the Roll Call goes on. Left behind. Somewhere on the cold Korean Hillside, or beside the road. Let's bring them home. If not their remains, at least their Roll Call Enshrined forever in appropriate memorial As at the Punch Bowl TO THAT FORGOTTEN WAR.
The cold bleak hills of Korea Are far away from the USA Where we fought the fight for freedom And the right for human liberty. And in captivity as POW's, we saw The worst of inhumane treatment That man can give to man It happened in the Bean Camp, Pak's Palace The Mining Camp, Death Valley, In the Cornfield and on the Death March. It consisted of beatings, murders, and starvation Brainwashing, mock trials and isolation Kneeling barechested in the snow, Standing with arms held high While the Bull or the Whip beat you over the head With corn cobs or sticks or rifle butts, And all allowed since each guard was His own judge, jury, and executioner. And this was done in the name of Stalin and Kim, IL-Sung. Whether the "Tiger" led this Or by "Dirty Pictures Wong" It is still remembered in my mind As a long - dark - dreary passage of time Which many of us could not endure It was really not "Give-up-it is" The flesh was weak and the mind unable to cope But why did some of us die, And others live? I know not why. Sometimes I've said, simply, that "I would not let the bastards kill me." And yet there is more to it than that. As Father Coyos reminded me at my daily prayer, "Please God, increase the value of this food". Brings to mind what our captors used to say, "Well, if you believe in God a… Then let him feed you." So I suppose in many cases, such as mine He did. But how can we live today, Without remembering the past? We cannot. And most important, we must remember our Buddies who did not make it. Thornton, Jester, Anderson, Cox, McKinley And the Roll Call goes on. Left behind. Somewhere on the cold Korean Hillside, or beside the road. Let's bring them home. If not their remains, at least their Roll Call Enshrined forever in appropriate memorial As at the Punch Bowl TO THAT FORGOTTEN WAR.
And in captivity as POW's, we saw The worst of inhumane treatment That man can give to man It happened in the Bean Camp, Pak's Palace The Mining Camp, Death Valley, In the Cornfield and on the Death March.
It consisted of beatings, murders, and starvation Brainwashing, mock trials and isolation Kneeling barechested in the snow, Standing with arms held high While the Bull or the Whip beat you over the head With corn cobs or sticks or rifle butts, And all allowed since each guard was His own judge, jury, and executioner.
And this was done in the name of Stalin and Kim, IL-Sung.
Whether the "Tiger" led this
Or by "Dirty Pictures Wong" It is still remembered in my mind As a long - dark - dreary passage of time Which many of us could not endure It was really not "Give-up-it is" The flesh was weak and the mind unable to cope But why did some of us die, And others live? I know not why.
Sometimes I've said, simply, that "I would not let the bastards kill me." And yet there is more to it than that. As Father Coyos reminded me at my daily prayer, "Please God, increase the value of this food".
Brings to mind what our captors used to say, "Well, if you believe in God a… Then let him feed you." So I suppose in many cases, such as mine He did.
But how can we live today, Without remembering the past? We cannot.
And most important, we must remember our Buddies who did not make it.
Thornton, Jester, Anderson, Cox, McKinley And the Roll Call goes on.
Left behind. Somewhere on the cold Korean Hillside, or beside the road. Let's bring them home.
If not their remains, at least their Roll Call Enshrined forever in appropriate memorial As at the Punch Bowl TO THAT FORGOTTEN WAR.
OSCAR CORTEZ' STORY San Antonio,Tx.
I landed in Pusan on 31 Aug.1950. I was in A Btry.15th Fld. Arty. 2nd Div. Our battery was the first to fire against the NK's at the Pusan Perimeter. We were in Kunuri when the Chinese came into the war. I was captured on Feb.13th 1951. I escaped around May but was recaptured. I was in camp #8 (Kangdong). I arrived at camp #3 around Oct.25th at Company #2(?) then I was moved to Company 4(?) (reactionary company). Was repatriated on Aug.26th 53.
We have waited far too long...bring our POW..MIA's back in '99!!!
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