VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF see also Indochina

Addresses

Commemoration of the Vietnamese Conflict's Unknown Serviceman: President Reagan, 15228 [6JN]

Congress—Accessory to Vietnam: J. Terry Emerson, 14834-14839 [4JN]

Continuing Vigil for Our Missing Americans—President Reagan, 21355 [26JY]

Lessons of Vietnam and the Foreign Affairs Power: Eugene V. Rostow, 18704-18708 [26JN]

North Carolinians Missing in Action in Southeast Asia: Eugene (Red) McDaniel, 23623 [9AU]

———Representative Broyhill, 21357 [26JY]

Vietnam Vets Have Patriotic Attitude Toward America: Sammy L. Davis, 28186 [1OC]

Amendments

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13155, 13166, 13167, 13171 [22MY]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 12434, 12460 [16MY], 12808 [17MY]

Analyses

Regulation of Vietnam Humanitarian Remittances Fund (S. 2911), 22635 [7AU]

Appointments

House delegation to Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier ceremony in the Capitol, 2981 [21MY], 14227 [24MY]

———Senate delegation, 14222 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Apes on a Treadmill (1975 excerpt), 11434 [8MY]

Ask Me About Mike Warren, 16465 [14JN]

Daring ``Boat People'' Rescue Brings Honor to 3 Americans, 31724 [10OC]

Gen. Giap's Victory, 11479 [8MY], 11690 [9MY], 11926 [10MY]

Looking for Agent Orange Facts, 9889 [25AP]

Massachusetts Study—Vietnam Vets Need Help With Jobs, Health, Housing, 14525 [30MY]

New Findings on Agent Orange, 9889 [25AP]

Our Twenty Minutes, 28820 [2OC]

Public Opinion on the Vietnam War (1982 excerpt), 11434 [8MY]

Refugee's Victory Is a Win for All, 30755 [5OC]

State of Mind, 12605 [16MY]

Suit Filed Against VA in Agent Orange Case, 14033 [23MY]

U.S. Vietnam Policy (excerpt), 11435 [8MY]

Vietnam and Hispanics—Remembered at Last, 26176 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: Federal charter (see S. 2413)

Assets: liquidate, in order to pay certain awards made by Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (see H.R. 6074)

Capitol Building: Unknown Soldier from Vietnamese conflict to lie in state in the rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 107; H. Con. Res. 296)

Citizens: regulate transfer of funds for humanitarian purposes (see H.R. 6170)

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): cooperation in ascertaining fate or whereabouts of crewmen (see S. Con. Res. 100)

———inquiry about crewmen (see H. Con. Res. 268)

Humanitarian remittances fund: regulate transfer of monies sent to relatives abroad (see S. 2911)

MIA: accounting (see H.J. Res. 489)

———clarify intent of Congress with respect to family eligibility for a commemorative medal (see H.R. 6100)

POW/MIA: accounting (see S.J. Res. 246; H. Con. Res. 322)

———President Reagan's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 312)

Transfer of funds: regulate humanitarian remittances sent to relatives abroad (see S. 2911)

Veterans: disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxin (see S. Res. 372)

———Medal of Honor to Unknown U.S. Soldier (see S. 2592; H.R. 5515)

———VA report on alternative for assistance to certain civilians who served in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 5675)

Comments

Final report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans: Paul R. Camacho, 7881 [4AP]

Essays

American Democracy and Freedom: Nuygen Vu, 9974 [25AP]

Letters

American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia: George Minott, 21358 [26JY]

Freedom: Ly Van Hua, 350 [24JA]

Veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins: AMVETS, 9888 [25AP]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9887 [25AP]

———Defense Nuclear Agency, 9887 [25AP]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 9888 [25AP]

———Senator Cranston, 13153, 13164 [22MY]

———VA, 9887 [25AP], 13154 [22MY]

Vietnam humanitarian remittances fund (sundry), 22635, 22636 [7AU]

Lists

Commemoration of Bucks County, PA, Vietnam veterans, 14773 [31MY]

Guamanian dead in Vietnam, 14308 [24MY]

North Carolinians Missing in Action in Southeast Asia, 23622 [9AU]

U.S. servicemen unaccounted for, 3243 [23FE]

Vietnam Veteran Outreach Counseling Program Centers, 25421 [13SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 9757 [24AP], 20702 [24JY], 21388 [27JY]

Colorado, 9983 [25AP], 10243 [26AP], 10345 [30AP], 10877 [3MY]

Illinois, 21057 [25JY], 25008 [12SE]

Petitions

POW/MIA: Cambridge, MA, City Council, 14826 [4JN]

POW/MIA Recognition Day: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, CA, 19642 [28JN]

Vietnam veterans: Citizens of Illinois, 10878 [3MY]

———Massachussetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans, 7868 [4AP]

Poems

``Can We Forget?'' Patricia J. Andry and Muriel A. Bargar, 16325 [13JN]

``Freedom Isn't Free,'' Barbara E. Worthington, 21363 [26JY]

``Tribute to Veterans,'' Michael O'Donnell, 23200 [8AU]

``Wall That Brought Us Together,'' Robert Fleetwood, 30219 [4OC]

Polls of opinion

POW/MIA issues: National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, 27605 [27SE]

Remarks in House

Agent orange: chemical manufacturers' settlement with Vietnam veterans, 11918 [10MY]

Bucks County, PA: commemoration of Vietnam veterans, 14773 [31MY]

Bunker, Ellsworth: tribute, 29649 [3OC]

Caulder, Addie M.: visit to Vietnam Memorial, 14394 [24MY]

Chi Luu: tribute, 16616 [14JN]

Congressional MIA Commemorative Medals: awarded, 26405 [20SE]

Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans: final report, 7880 [4AP]

McCloskey, Jack: tribute, 6950 [28MR]

Memorial Day: observance, 10916 [10MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 171), 7521, 7544 [3AP]

———observance, 20758 [24JY]

POW's/MIA's: full accounting, 27313 [26SE]

———full accounting (H. Con. Res. 312), 15078 [6JN]

———obtain full accounting (H.J. Res. 489), 3198, 3200, 3243 [23FE], 3318, 3321, 3324 [23FE], 4733 [6MR], 5402 [13MR]19014 [27JN]

Scruggs, Jan C.: gold medal to President of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (H.R. 6139), 24117 [10AU]

Southeast Asia: sense of the Congress regarding MIA's (H. Con. Res. 322), 17199, 17222 [19JN]

Thailand: human rights violations against refugees by the North Vietnamese, 14866 [4JN]

Tomsey, Michael D.: designated VA's Outstanding Handicapped Employee, 30762 [5OC]

Uncommon Valor (movie): response, 247 [24JA]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), 10917 [3MY], 11077 [3MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 10915 [3MY], 11474 [8MY], 10916 [9MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), Senate amendment, 12808 [17MY]

———commemoration, 14017 [23MY], 14397, 14401 [24MY], 14539 [30MY], 14742, 14773 [31MY], 14864 [4JN], 15227 [6JN]

Vietnam Veteran Outreach Counseling Program: expansion, 25421 [13SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemoration, 28166 [1OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant a Federal charter (H.R. 4772), 17223 [19JN]

Vietnam Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 4711), 1397-1398 [1FE], 14552 [30MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agent orange: disability compensation for exposure to herbicides containing dioxins, 13147 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): seek cooperation to ascertain fate of crewmen (S. Con. Res. 100), 6431 [22MR]

———Vietnamese cooperation in ascertaining the fate of missing crewmen, 16552 [14JN]

MIA: full accounting, 16135-16137 [13JN]

Shank, Gary: burial ceremony for MIA, 22875 [8AU]

Southeast Asia: secure accounting of captured or missing military personnel (S.J. Res. 246), 10388 [30AP]

Thailand: commend efforts of Government on behalf of Indochinese refugees (S. Res. 366), 8597 [10AP], 8732 [11AP]

Transfer of funds: regulate humanitarian remittances sent to relatives abroad (S. 2911), 22633 [7AU]

———regulate humanitarian remittances sent to relatives abroad (S. 2911), referred to committee, 24280 [5SE]

U.S. involvement: impact, 16465 [14JN]

VA: health care for civilians who served in Vietnam, 22936 [8AU]

———modify starting date of Vietnam era for pension purposes, 22937 [8AU]

Veterans: disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9884-9887 [25AP]

———funding for benefits, 29724 [4OC]

———payment of certain burial benefits (S. 2247), 1325 [1FE]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1961), appointment of conferees, 13180 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13147-13177 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), S. 1651 indefinitely postponed, 13180 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), pass H.R. 1961 in lieu, 13177 [22MY]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), 12427 [16MY]

———authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), held at desk, 11755 [10MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 12433 [16MY]

———designate Members to represent Senate at ceremony, 14222 [24MY]

———lie in state in Capitol rotunda prior to burial (S. Con. Res. 107), 9884 [25AP], 10687 [2MY]

Vietnam Veterans National Medal Act: enact (H.R. 1870), 30812 [9OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant Federal charter (S. 2266), 8251 [5AP]

Vietnam-era: bush vets, 8362 [9AP]

Reports

National POW/MIA Recognition Day (S.J. Res. 171), 3148 [23FE]

Use of Rotunda of Capitol for Unknown Soldier of the Vietnamese Conflict To Lie in State: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Con. Res. 107), 10458 [1MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. Audit, 14864 [4JN]

Statements

Tradition of Americans Providing Monetary Aid to Relatives in Foreign Countries: Dept. of State, 22633 [7AU]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act (S. 1651; H.R. 1961): President Reagan, 13177 [22MY]

Studies

Vietnamese Involvement in Clandestine International Currency Transfers: William L. Cassidy, 22636-22640 [7AU]

Summaries

Final Report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans, 7880 [4AP]

Veterans' Disability Compensation for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Herbicides Containing Dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9888 [25AP]

Tables

Casualties incurred by U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, 7019 [29MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 296, authorizing use of the Capitol rotunda to honor Unknown Soldier from Vietnamese conflict selected for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, 10915 [3MY]

H. Con. Res. 322, sense of the Congress regarding MIA's in Southeast Asia, 17200, 17222 [19JN]

H.J. Res. 489, secure full accounting of POW and MIA as a result of the Vietnam conflict, 3244 [23FE]

H.R. 1961, Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act, 13177-13180 [22MY]

H.R. 5515, authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor to the Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier, 10917 [3MY]

S. 2247, payment of certain burial benefits for veterans, 1325 [1FE]

S. 2911, regulate humanitarian remittances sent to individuals in Vietnam, 22634 [7AU]

S. Con. Res. 107, Unknown Soldier from Vietnamese conflict to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda, 9884 [25AP], 10687 [2MY]

S. Con Res. 100, seek cooperation to ascertain fate of crewmen of vessel Glomar Java Sea, 6431 [22MR]

S. Res. 366, commending efforts of Thailand Government on behalf of Indochinese refugees, 8597 [10AP], 8732 [11AP]

S. Res. 372, veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins, 9884 [25AP]

S.J. Res. 171, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 7546 [3AP]