[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1771]
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                        AMERICAN POW'S AND MIA'S

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                           HON. BARBARA CUBIN

                               of wyoming

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 22, 1998

  Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize American POWs and 
MIAs. In my home state of Wyoming, there is a deep feeling of respect 
and grattitude to all the men and women who have defended this country 
when they were called.
  Two thousand eighty-six of these brave Americans are still missing 
and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, including six from the state 
of Wyoming.
  Although faced with the terrors and deprivations of war, they 
answered their nation's call. They bravely served even when some of 
their countrymen reviled and unfairly criticized their efforts.
  These soldiers are Americans. They did their duty. The least we can 
do for them and their families is insist on nothing less than a full 
accounting for every one of them.
  I urge President Clinton and my colleagues in the Congress to press 
Vietnam for unilateral actions to locate and return to our nation 
remains that would account for hundreds of American POW/MIAs and 
records to help obtain answers on many more.
  I am pleased that patriotism is alive and well in America today. 
Governor Jim Geringer has issued a proclamation designating September 
18, 1998, as POW/MIA Recognition Day in the State of Wyoming. These 
soldiers are not forgotten. Their families are not forgotten. Their 
priceless contributions to our freedom are not forgotten.
  Mr. Speaker, I as that the text of this proclamation be inserted in 
the Record for every American to read.

                        Governor's Proclamation

       TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX Americans are still missing and 
     unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, including 6 from the 
     State of Wyoming, and their families, friends, and fellow 
     veterans still endure uncertainty concerning their fate.
       UNITED STATES Government intelligence and other evidence 
     confirm that Vietnam could unilaterally account for hundreds 
     of missing Americans, including many of the 446 missing in 
     Laos and the 75 still unaccounted for in Cambodia, by 
     locating and returning identifiable remains and providing 
     archival records to answer other discrepancies.
       THE President has normalized relations with Vietnam, 
     believing such action would generate increased unilateral 
     account for Americans still missing from the Vietnam War, and 
     such increased results have not yet been provided by the 
     Government of Vietnam.
       NOW, therefore, be it resolved that the State of Wyoming 
     calls on the President to reinvigorate United States efforts 
     to press Vietnam for unilateral actions to locate and return 
     to our nation remains that would account for hundreds of 
     America's POW/MIA's and records to help obtain answers on 
     many more.
       FOR THESE SIGNIFICANT REASONS, I, JIM GERINGER, Governor of 
     the States of Wyoming, do hereby proclaim September 18th, 
     1998, to be ``POW/MIA Recognition Day'' in Wyoming, and 
     encourage all citizens to observe this day with appropriate 
     ceremonies.
       In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 
     the Great Seal of the State of Wyoming to be affixed this 
     29th day of July, 1998
                                                     Jim Geringer,
                                                         Governor.

     

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