The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.
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Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.
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The fact is that Americans were sent to Russia that have not been returned.
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We held the team together for as long as possible and then sent all except the most critical personnel home.
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I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.
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The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site.
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I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.
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I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one.
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I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos.
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During the mission, Walter Jones, a team member was given a package containing bone fragments by a Lao. The source said they were from a crash site. He presented photographs showing himself in company with others digging around obvious aircraft debris.
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