PRISONERS OF WAR

Articles and editorials

Diplomatic and Economic Relations With Vietnam, H9430 [21SE]

Dmitry Volkogonov, Military Historian and Reformer, Dead at 67, S18116 [6DE]

Don't Reward Vietnam, E1406 [11JY]

Good Morning, Vietnam, S2426 [9FE]

How North Vietnam Won the War, H11763 [2NO]

Mystery of the Last Flight of Baron 52 Solved, S18873 [19DE]

P.O.W., H834 [27JA]

Prisoner Issue Continues To Taint Relations, S9626 [10JY]

Russian Historian Volkogonov Dies at 67, S18115 [6DE]

State Department Calls Vietnamese Jailing of U.S. Citizens Unwelcome, S13938 [20SE]

U.S. Rights Group Condemn Vietnam Verdicts, S13938 [20SE]

War Is Over. Life Goes On, H7074 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 256; H.R. 945), S1271 [20JA], H1849 [15FE]

Commission on MIA and POW in Southeast Asia: establish (see H.R. 2174), H8308 [2AU]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 21), H177 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorize certain disabled former POW to use commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see S. 73), S49 [4JA]

———increase opportunities for veterans held as POW during the Vietnam era to participate in procurement activities (see H.R. 155), H167 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]

———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H229 [11JA]

———outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities (see S. 615), S4573 [24MR]

Federal employees: issuance of POW medals to civilians forcibly detained by an enemy government or hostile force under wartime conditions (see S. 83), S49 [4JA]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 26), S1848 [31JA]

POW/MIA: granting of asylum to certain foreign nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 460), H179 [9JA]

POW/MIA Memorial Highway: designate (see S. 1042), S10147 [17JY]

Purple Heart: authorize the awarding to individuals who were POW before a certain date (see S. 584), S4262 [21MR]

———authorize the awarding to individuals who were POW before certain date (see H.R. 1458), H4414 [6AP]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see S.J. Res. 34, 35; H.J. Res. 89), S6912 [18MY], S7615 [26MY], H5367 [18MY]

———normalization of relations (see H. Con. Res. 81, 88), H6698 [30JN], H7916 [27JY]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 73), H5608 [25MY]

Excerpts

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary appropriations (H.R. 2076): funding for diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam, S18159 [7DE]

Letters

Awarding of the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before a certain date: Donald M. Hearon, AMVETS, S4274 [21MR]

———Edward E. Janiszewski, Military Order of the Purple Heart, S4274 [21MR]

———Gerald M. May, American Legion, S4274 [21MR]

———Richard F. Schultz, DAV, S4274 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense POW/MIA accountability procedures: John M. Shalikashvili, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S18874 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs' outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities: Charles S. Prigmore, American Ex-Prisoners of War, S4581 [24MR]

Government disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel: L.F. Carlberg, Dept. of the Air Force, S16406 [31OC]

———Pat W. Dunton, Korean/Cold War Family Association of the Missing, S16405 [31OC]

Missing Service Personnel Act: Donald A. Sioss, DAV, S1279 [20JA]

———J. Thomas Burch, Jr., National Vietnam Veterans Coalition, S1279 [20JA]

———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, S1279 [20JA]

———Rich Teague, VietNow (organization), S1279 [20JA]

Normalization of relations with Vietnam: several former POW, H6734 [10JY]

Procedures for determining status of certain missing members of the Armed Forces: David E. Begley, E370 [16FE]

———Dawn D. Lindsey, Task Force Omega, Inc., E370 [16FE]

———Dolores A. Alfond, National Alliance of Families, H9430 [21SE]

———Earl P. Hopper, Sr., Task Force Omega, Inc., E369 [16FE]

———Eugene McDaniel, American Defense Institute, H9429 [21SE], E369 [16FE]

———Geoffrey Bruen, E370 [16FE]

———James L. Brazee, Jr., Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H9430 [21SE], E369 [16FE]

———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, H9431 [21SE], E369 [16FE]

———Joseph Amerosa, New York State POW/MIA Action Group, E369 [16FE]

———Joseph Wise, Marine Corps League, E369 [16FE]

———Judith C. Rainey, H9431 [21SE]

———Michael T. Breighner, Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., H9431 [21SE]

———Michael Van Atta, Live POW Lobby of America, E370 [16FE]

———Pat Plumadore, H9430 [21SE]

———Pat W. Dunton, Korea/Cold War Family Association of the Missing, H9430 [21SE]

———Rich Teague, VietNow (organization), E369 [16FE]

———Theodore W. Guy, H9429 [21SE]

———Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, H9431 [21SE]

———Wayne R. Sill, Marine Corps League, H9430 [21SE]

Prohibit financial assistance to Vietnam: Senator Smith, S13938 [20SE]

U.S. and U.N. POW/MIAs still unaccounted for in North Korea: Senators Simon and Murkowski, S1731 [30JA]

Memorandums

Government disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel: Harold Brown, S16417, S16418 [31OC]

———Michael Oksenberg, S16417 [31OC]

Papers

Government Disclosure of Information Concerning U.S. POW/MIA Personnel: Dept. of Defense, S16406 [31OC]

Poems

``Veterans,'' Ellen M. Fisher, E1786 [14SE]

Press releases

Normalization of Relations With Vietnam: American Defense Institute, H6734 [10JY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members, H5891 [13JN]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (H.R. 945), H1767 [15FE], H11759-H11762 [2NO], E368 [16FE]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (S. 256), E371 [16FE]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, H3984 [30MR], E1256 [15JN]

House of Representatives: Prisoners of War exhibit in Cannon House Office Building rotunda, H834 [27JA]

Japan: treatment of POW during World War II, H5591, H5593-H5598 [25MY]

Middletown, NJ: tribute to POW/MIA memorial candle-light service held by VFW and Ladies Auxiliary, E1774 [13SE]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 26), H4394 [6AP]

Purple Heart: authorize the awarding to individuals who were POW before a certain date (H.R. 1458), E816 [7AP]

Shelton, Charles: anniversary of disappearance over Laos, H4437 [1MY]

South Dakota State University: tribute to Bernie V. Guthrie Squadron, E987 [10MY]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA, H14101 [6DE]

———funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (H.J. Res. 89), H11759-H11762 [2NO], E1083 [19MY], E1762 [12SE]

———funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA and human rights violations, H9426-H9431 [21SE]

———funding for implementing diplomatic relations, H7765, H7766 [26JY]

———normalization of relations, H6704, H6728-H6734 [10JY], H6739, H6742, H6743 [11JY], H6918 [13JY], H7074 [18JY], H7454-H7460 [21JY], E98 [13JA], E1431 [13JY]

———U.S. policy, H6686-H6689 [30JN], E1325 [26JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary, E923 [2MY]

———anniversary of the fall of Saigon, E1007 [11MY]

Walden, NY: observance of Joel Cook Day, E1794 [18SE]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members, S12546 [5SE]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (S. 256), S1274-S1281 [20JA], S6469 [10MY]

Bozeman, MT: visit of Vietnam Moving Wall, S11242 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorize certain disabled former POW to use commissary stores and post and base exchanges (S. 73), S288 [4JA]

———POW/MIA accountability procedures, S18872 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities (S. 615), S4581 [24MR]

Federal employees: issuance of POW medals to civilians forcibly detained by an enemy government or hostile force under wartime conditions (S. 83), S293 [4JA]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, S16404-S16419 [31OC]

MIA: regulations on determination of status, S12534 [5SE]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 26), S1860 [31JA]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S13672 [15SE]

POW/MIA Day: observance, S13679 [18SE]

Purple Heart: authorize the awarding to individuals who were POW before a certain date (S. 584), S4273 [21MR]

Shelton, Charles: anniversary of disappearance over Laos, S5636 [25AP]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA, S18158, S18170, S18176, S18180 [7DE]

———funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (S.J. Res. 34), S6928-S6930 [18MY]

———funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA and human rights violations, S13937-S13942 [20SE]

———normalization of relations, S2425 [9FE], S8543 [16JN], S9626-S9628 [10JY], S9648, S9694, S9723, S9724 [11JY], S9727, S9730, S9731, S9820 [12JY]

Reports

Monthly POW/MIA Statistical Report, S13938 [20SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Awarding the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before a certain date: DAV, S4274 [21MR]

———Military Order of the Purple Heart, S4274 [21MR]

Statements

Tribute to Dmitry Volkogonov: Malcolm Toon, S18116 [6DE]

Vietnamese Conflict: Vang Pao, E1007 [11MY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 89, funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA in Vietnam, E1083 [19MY]

S. 73, authorize certain disabled former POW to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges, S288 [4JA]

S. 83, issuance of POW medals to civilians forcibly detained by an enemy government or hostile force under wartime conditions, S294 [4JA]

S. 256, Missing Service Personnel Act, S1274-S1279 [20JA]

S. 584, awarding the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before a certain date, S4273 [21MR]

S. 615, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities, S4581 [24MR]