The following organizations support passage of H. Res 111
the Korea-Cold War Families of the Missing, World War II Families for Return of the Missing,
Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIAs, the Military Order of the Purple Heart,
the POW Network, the Colorado POW/MIA Coalition, VietNow National, Northeast POW/MIA Network,
Tri-County Council Vietnam Era Vet, Help Free Our POW/MIA's Now, Lima Area MIA/POW,
Solutions Results, Inc: T/A POW FOIA Litigation Acct's,
Chained Eagles of Ohio,
Vietnam and All Veterans of Florida Inc., State Coalition, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign War, Rolling Thunder Inc. National,
National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition Task Force Omega, and the National Alliance of Families.
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Members of the Rules Committee Sample Letter to Rules Committee Battling the Misinformation Campaign Against H.Res 111 Contact List for Congressional Representatives Seven Reasons We Need H.Res 111 |
H.Res 111 - To establish, in the House of Representatives a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs. Introduced January 30, 2007 by Congressman Peter King (R-NY), H.Res 111 calls for a select committee to "conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, or Gulf War, including MIA's and POW's."
The Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs concluded in 1993 that; "There is evidence, moreover, that indicates the possibility of survival, at least for a small number, after Operation Homecoming...."
Since the last congressional hearings were held in 1996, much new information has surfaced regarding the mis-handling and suppression of POW/MIA information. A former analyst with the Defense POW/MIA Office, provided this information along with many other disturbing details requiring Congressional attention. Specifically, he detailed a report referred to, in house, as the "185 Report," This report discussed the possibility that as many as 185 American POWs were alive as late as 1976. During the same time frame the Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC)concluded their own study. They found the possibility existed that as many as 57 American servicemen might be alive.
In March 2006, memos written by a former Defense Intelligence analyst while serving as an investigator with the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs were discovered. These memos detailed the Vietnamese admission that some 19 servicemen listed as died while missing were in fact captured. These servicemen survived for varying lengths of time, one by Vietnamese admission survived three years. The committee never addressed this matter. In an interesting side note, 10 of the nineteen servicemen Vietnamese official acknowledged "survived into captivity" are among the 57 our own (JCRC)concluded might still be alive.
In February of 2005, the Joint Commission Support Directorate, the investigative arm of the U.S./Russian Joint POW/MIA Commission concluded; "Americans, including American servicemen, were imprisoned in the Soviet Union."
This is but the tip of the iceberg, requiring congressional attention. It is time to address the volumes of new information available on POW/MIA matters from World War II, Korea, Cold War, Vietnam and the Gulf. We ask you all to contact your congressional representatives and request that they co-sponsor H.Res 111. We've posted a list of all 435 congressional representatives on our web site, along their phone and fax numbers. You can even email your Congressional Representative directly from the site. There is a sample letter. Use it, as is, alter it to make it more personal, or write your own letter.
It's time for Congress to take another look at the POW/MIA issue.
Make sure you contact your congressional representative, asking them to co-sponsor H.Res 111.