Copyright by Duncan
Long
Our thanks to Duncan Long
for this powerful artwork in his Rumors of War
collection.
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I live in the Portland, Oregon area and have adopted the following POW/MIA's from my home town. Please help bring these soldiers home to Portland! Join with me in writing our President, Vice President, Senators, Representatives, Governor, Mayor and anyone else you can think of who needs to be addressing this situation. Ask our politicians what they are doing to remedy this outrageous abandonment of our men. Plead with them to bring these men or their remains home to their families. |
If you are out of Portland, Oregon you can also adopt POW/MIA's from your own home town through Operation Just Cause. Feel free to contact me with any questions or information concerning these men, for names and addresses of politicians or anything concerning this site.
Thanks to everyone who gets involved and tries to make a positive difference in this cause or any other!
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MIA portion of Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Portland Oregon |
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POW Pfc. Keith Matthew
Maupin-
Please keep him and his family and friends
in
your thoughts and prayers
along with every Soldier
who has died in
combat, from suicide,
homicide, accident, been tortured,
executed or
wounded in any way-
and please think of their
family and friends
too.
Photo from:
http://www.cincinnati.com/news/maupin/
April 23, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
a change in the status of a soldier serving in
Operation Iraqi Freedom from
duty status -
whereabouts unknown to captured.
Pfc. Keith M. Maupin,
20, of Batavia, Ohio,
was declared captured on April 16.
MATT MAUPIN'S FATHER, KEITH MAUPIN,
SAID MATT'S
REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND
(news came to me 3-30-08 from Lou "Bones"
Yanni)
Keith Matthew "Matt" Maupin - Official Website hosted by - Keith
Maupin
http://www.mattmaupin.us/
NEW!
Read the incredible work by Roger Taggert concerning the
1991
Mystery Photo of 3 US Pilots held as Vietnam POW's.
They hold a coded
sign which Roger has deciphered.
Finding America's Missing
by Ted Darcy and Ray Emory. A fascinating article written after 14
years of trying to locate WWII MIA's. A MUST READ.
Ted's and Ray's years of working to find missing WWII remains is incredible
and never ending. You need Adobe Reader to view this
article.
Recently Ted and Ray have been involved
in the following fascinating stories-
Please check out these
links!
Maritime
Mystery
Check these links for stories concerning
Ted Darcy, U.S. Marine Ret.
IN SEARCH
OF A NAME.
Four
stories on one page about the USS Gherardi and Ted Darcy's work recovering WWII
remains:
USS GHERARDI (SS-637/DMS-30) DNA
solves a 64-year-old mystery of missing sailor By Frank Gray
Seaman 1st
Class Raymond Johnson -- lost at sea in a naval tragedy in Rhode Island in 1942
--
can now receive a proper burial and gravestone. By Richard Salit
Vernon couple plays role in identifying remains of sailor By Jason Rowe
“MISSING”, “LOST AT SEA”, SINCE 1942, “UNKNOWN
USS GHERARDI (?) SAILOR”,
IDENTIFIED, RETURNED HOME, - 2006 By Eugene
F. Phillips
Memorial
Day, every day
Using computers, old records and
determination, Fall River native Ted Darcy identifies
unknown World War II
dead and gets their remains properly buried By Richard
Salit
In Memory of AN
UNKNOWN SAILOR Buried in the Island Cemetery
at Newport, Rhode Island, 17
August 1943 By Boyd Fallwell
Read more from Ted Darcy at this
LINK
Included is:
Airmen Missing In Action From WWII are
Identified
THE MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE PACIFIC WAR
SERVICE
SCHEDULED FOR PREVIOUSLY ‘UNKNOWN’
SEAMAN FROM PEARL HARBOR
ATTACK HICKAM AFB, HAWAII
WORLD WAR II-ERA AIRMAN
IDENTIFIED
World War II Vet’s Remains Never Recovered
The
Lonely Bones
By Amy Wimmer Schwarb and Kathryn Drury Wagner
HARRY
WARNKE, May he Rest In Peace
Pilot's body is finally coming home- Lt.
Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.
139 Missing WWII
Marines Found on Tarawa
PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE
ON
19 KNOWN POW'S
LEFT IN VIETNAM!
FROM GreasyOnline.Com
UPDATE- RECOLLECTIONS OF DOUG HUTCHINSON ABOUT HALLIE (BUD) SMITH AND THE 16TH TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON.
UPDATE- PERSONAL AND ACCURATE
ACCOUNT OF LANCE CORPORAL RONALD LEE LONGANECKER'S
LOSS BY FELLOW ALPHA COMPANY MARINE GEORGE
NEVILLE.
ALSO CHARLIE ASENCIO TELLS HIS
STORY OF HIS LAST MOMENTS WITH RON.
Please visit this site!
missing, presumed dead
the Search for America's POWs
A documentary by Bill Dumas.
Available on DVD and VHS
Bill
Dumas.com
A quote from his site about the film:
"Hundreds of
American POWs from the Korean War were abandoned in North Korea after
hostilities ended in 1953. When it became apparent that repatriating these men
would not be feasible, the U.S. government declared them, “missing,
presumed dead.” These missing servicemen were forgotten until POW/MIA
activists forced the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to form a
POW/MIA subcommittee, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, to investigate recent reports
that POWs are still alive in Vietnam and North Korea and that the Pentagon has
kept this secret from the public. MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD, unveils the mystery
of why these POWs were abandoned, the likelihood some are still alive in North
Korea and Southeast Asia, and why our government doesn’t want them
back."
"Is
Anybody Listening?"
a book by Barbara Birchim
IS ANYBODY LISTENING? tells of dignitaries, presidents
and those involved with the POW/MIA issue as I’ve known it since November
1968 when my husband, a Special Forces officer, became missing-in-action.The
pages reveal my feelings and torment during my many trips to Southeast Asia in
search of answers, and my frustrations while wandering the halls of Washington
D.C. for help.
FROM THE
JPAC SITE
Mission and History The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC),
located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, was activated on Oct. 1, 2003. JPAC's
mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing
as a result of our nation's previous conflicts. Our highest priority is the
return of any living Americans that remain prisoners of war.
JPAC was
created from the merger of the 30 year old U.S. Army Central Identification
Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11 year old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting.
This 425-person organization, commanded by a flag officer, is committed and
dedicated to bringing home the nation's service members and civilians who made
the ultimate sacrifice.
JPAC recognizes that the efforts and
involvement of our POW/MIA families contribute significantly to our success.
JPAC owes a great deal of gratitude to the families and veterans who support
our mission.
We are a jointly manned unit with handpicked Soldiers,
Sailors, Airmen and Marines with specialized skills and Department of the Navy
civilians who make up about 25 percent of the organization. The laboratory
portion of JPAC, referred to as the Central Identification Laboratory (CIL), is
the largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world.
Our mission
is daunting, with approximately 78,000 Americans missing from World War II (of
those, an estimated 35,000 are deemed recoverable, with the others lost at sea
or entombed in sunken vessels), 8,100 missing from the Korean War, 1,800
missing from the Vietnam War, 120 missing from the Cold War, and one serviceman
missing from the Gulf War.
PLEASE SEE
THIS PAGE FOR ALL THEIR MISSION PRESS
RELEASES
ON THE NEXT PAGE
ORGANIZATIONS,
NEWS AND UPDATES!
This page is growing with news that covers many topics in the
military.
I hope you will bookmark it and return here to see what's
new.
There is a great deal more on the
LINKS page
also. Thank you!
What you will find on the next
page:
Captain Eric H. May and Ghost
Troop
Non-Combat Death.org
America: Freedom To
Fascism
Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military
Personnel
VERY PISSED OFF COMBAT VETERANS .....
AND THE BLUEPRINTS
FOR CHANGE BY JOHN McCARTHY
Kathie Costos' Websites, Videos And Blogs
Regarding PTSD
Voice For Veterans Services
THE PRICE OF
LIBERTY!
Bill Smith's FREEPORTLAND
Order of the Silver
Rose
Soldier Dead : How We Recover, Identify, Bury,
and Honor Our
Military Fallen by Michael Sledge
"This Is America Our Heart &
Soul" by John Schmidt
Veterans For Veteran Connection
Operation
Firing For Effect 2008
Jack's "Straight-Speak"
FLYBY NEWS by
Jonathan Mark
CODEPINK: WOMEN SAY NO TO WAR
WORLD CAN'T
WAIT
Australian Tony Pitt's National Interest Newspaper's
website
Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy, Inc.
Sp5
Charles Kelley's 2nd Battalion 94th Artillery web site
The Military
Vaccine Resource Directory
Operation Higgins
I HAVE FINISHED THE
RACE by Edmund O'Neill
M+others Aligned for Military and Murder
Accountability
Veterans' Equal Rights Protection Advocacy &
Publishing LLC
BEYOND TREASON FILM
911 Press For Truth
Film
SP/5 GGilligan 1965-'68 In Honor Of All Who Have
Died
USWarWatch
Iraq Coalition Casualty Links
War On
Terrorism International Memorial
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
Operation
Truth- From Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans
Iraq War Veterans
Organization, Inc.
Iraq Veterans for Progress
White House For
Sale
End Corporate Rule
Patriotic cards
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Also visit my LINKS page for additional information and related sites.
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sirius (at) spiritone.com
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SixT2.com
All Peace Signs and Buttons from
TopPun.com
Thanks Dan!
Peace Flag from:
PlanetPals
Bar
and Background by Ron
Fleischer.
USA/POW flag and flag with eagle from USA Pride Images.
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