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David Botti
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Dec 19, 2007 09:48 AM
Every so often the Department of Defense issues press releases
announcing the identification of remains from U.S. troops missing in
action. Usually found in Korea or Vietnam, these releases remind us
there's a number of U.S. military personnel still missing—and that
there's an active effort underway to find them. Those responsible for
the effort are known as the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC).
So far, December has seen six such announcements from the DoD.
Appearing in-between notifications of War on Terror fatalities and
officer promotions, it's easy to overlook the return home of veterans
from long ago wars. Excerpts from the DoD press releases for the past
month:
Staff Sgt. Maurice H. Moore, U.S. Army, Vietnam
On May 12, 1968, North Vietnamese forces
overran the Kham Duc Special Forces camp and its surrounding
observation posts in Quang Nam-Da Nang Province (formerly Quang Tin
Province), South Vietnam. Moore was one of the 17 U.S. servicemen
unaccounted-for after the survivors evacuated the camp. Search and
recovery efforts at the site in 1970 succeeded in recovering remains of
five of the 17 men. A sixth man was returned alive during Operation
Homecoming in 1973 after having been held prisoner of war by the North
Vietnamese.
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