In 1962 Vietnam, Dr. Ardel Vietti served tirelessly before her mysterious disappearance, leaving a legacy of compassion.

Despite the author surviving several days of punishment as part of SERE training, things show no sign of letting up.

Even in the biting cold of the concrete slab, stripped of dignity but not spirit, I found a shred of defiance in the simple act of brushing leaves off my skin – a silent rebuke to my captors’ attempts at dehumanization.

Abu Ghraib’s grim tale shows how unchecked power can erode humanity, highlighting the need for transparency and accountability.

Rear Adm Robert Byron “By” Fuller is one of the dozens of men who braved the severe treatment as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War.

Donald G. Cook was a USMC captured by the VC days after arriving in Vietnam and spent the next three years as a prisoner of war.

The POWs of Camp Sumter were captured and taken to the enemy prison camp to be forced into labor, starved, and tortured.

Charles’ last name was Coward but if there’s one word that could describe this British soldier of World War II, that is definitely not that.

For the crew of the HMS Grasshopper, their mascot dog was an English pointer named Judy. As it turned out, she would soon become the British POWs’ morale booster and only POW dog of WWII.

There were times when the loss of these lives was unnecessary and could have been prevented, just like when Lisbon Maru sank, costing the lives of almost a thousand Allied soldiers.

The POW/MIA flag is the result of the determination, courage, and love of a group of women during the Vietnam War.

Corporal Charles House led his Marine Recon patrol through thick undergrowth under the jungle canopy forty feet above. The country was Vietnam and the year was 1968. Team Dublin City had been inserted three days prior, North of Phu Bai to reconnoiter the area for signs of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troop buildups, […]

Only two months after Vietnam quietly announced unprecedented levels of cooperation regarding on-going U.S. POW/MIA efforts in Southeast Asia (SEA), a delegation from the National League of POW/MIA Families and a parallel group of Green Beret Vietnam veterans will travel to Southeast Asia (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, & Thailand) January 11-30th to meet key U.S. and […]

Leave no  man behind.  The phrase rings through the minds of the armed forces, as one man stuck behind enemy lines seems to warrant the entire might and wrath of the United States military. It almost seems like too a high a risk–to potentially lose multiple lives just to save one, and that’s assuming the […]

I recently participated in an inspiring series of events at Vandenberg Air Force Base to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day, first proclaimed by President Carter in 1979 – yes 1979! At that time, only four years after the end of the Vietnam War, most Americans didn’t know it existed. Many didn’t want to know. Many didn’t want to think about the Vietnam War let […]

Much of the agency’s work is conducted in foreign countries, including some that might not have the best relationships with the U.S. DPAA officials said their work transcends politics, and that’s how they get their foot in the door.

A Ukrainian pilot detained in Russia since 2014 has made a triumphant return home following a prisoner swap that saw her traded for two Russians. Nadiya Savchenko was met by Ukraine’s president at Kiev’s Borispol airport, where she made a passionate speech sarcastically thanking those “who had wished me evil”. “Through you I survived,” she […]