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SURVEY: Should Non-military Medals Be Named After Military Medals?

SURVEY: Should Non-military Medals Be Named After Military Medals? [link] TOPIC: Over the past thirty years since the Vietnam War ended many law enforcement, local government and private agencies have created medals which they have named after existing military medals. For example, virtually every law enforcement... more »

By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jul 2 - 1 new of 1 message

	Branson's National Vietnam POW /mias Memorial Wall triggers cover
	Branson's National Vietnam POW /mias Memorial Wall triggers cover [link] {EXCERPT} Examiner.com Like the tick of a clock's second hand, the cadence of time slipping away can be heard at the Vietnam POW /mias Memorial Wall of the United States,...... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jul 1 - 1 new of 1 message

	Report: Task force defining detainee rights
	Report: Task force defining detainee rights [link] {EXCERPT} Stars and Stripes Detainees tried by military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against statements given during coercive interrogation,... [link]... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 30 - 1 new of 1 message

	POW /MIA session shows feds at best
	POW /MIA session shows feds at best [link] {EXCERPT} Nashua Telegraph As reported by Dean Shalhoup in a front-page story in The Sunday Telegraph, representatives of the Department of Defense POW /Missing Personnel Office were...... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 30 - 1 new of 1 message

	Former World War II POW now helps other veterans
	Former World War II POW now helps other veterans [link] {EXCERPT} Carmi Times, Annie Getsinger When Verl Fisher's B-17 bomber was shot down over Germany in October 1943, the former Assumption resident bailed out through the bomb bay...... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 29 - 1 new of 1 message

	Google reveals secrets of Camp 165
	Google reveals secrets of Camp 165 [link] {EXCERPT} The Sun Today, little remains of the former pow base which began life as a military training camp in 1943. Then it had an armourer's store, a canteen,... [link]... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 29 - 1 new of 1 message

	Questions surround Medal of Honor recipient's grave
	Questions surround Medal of Honor recipient's grave [link] {EXCERPT} Utica Observer Dispatch, David Handelman But on this day, Rohacek, 55, discovered something new: the grave of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient David L. Bass. But the grave was in disrepair....... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 29 - 1 new of 1 message

	Issue Regulations: World War II Surrender Acknowledgments
	Issue Regulations: World War II Surrender Acknowledgments Surrender of Japan Theater Service Surrender of Germany Theater Service Awarded For Service in Europe or the Asia-Pacific Theater on the surrender dates. Japan: [link] Germany: [link]... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 28 - 1 new of 1 message

Robert R. Sawhill, COL USAF (Ret), Vietnam POW, obituary

SAWHILL, ROBERT R. JR --- of Jacksonville, FL passed away Friday, June 26 at age 78. Robert was a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Vietnam War and was a Prisoner of War for a period of five and a half years. He received the Purple Heart and numerous other awards including the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star.... more »

By Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names - Jun 28 - 1 new of 1 message

	Prisoners accuse US of torture in POW jail
	Prisoners accuse US of torture in POW jail [link] {EXCERPT} Brisbane Times, Ben Farmer, All quiet... a US soldier looks down on a village in Helmand province, where insurgents are waging a bloody campaign against international and Afghan...... more » By Otis Willie PIO The American War Library - Jun 25 - 1 new of 1 message