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An Enormous Crime- New book gives chilling account of abandoned POWs

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 08:41 AM

I haven't read this new book yet. The book covers both Democrat and Republican administrations' cover-up of, or lack of action, for our Vietnam POWs who were left behind in Vietnam.
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Billy Hendon and Beth Stewart - New Book Announcement:
"An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia"
From the Bay of Pigs, where John and Robert Kennedy struck a deal with Fidel Castro that led to freedom for the Bay of Pigs prisoners, to the Paris Peace Accords, in which the authors argue Kissinger and Nixon sold American soldiers down the river for political gain, to a continued reluctance to revisit the possibility of reclaiming any men who might still survive, we have a story untold for decades. And with An Enormous Crime we have for the first time a comprehensive history of AmericaŐs leaders in their worst hour; of life-and-death decision making based on politics, not intelligence; and of men lost to their families and the country they serve, betrayed by their own leaders."

http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in290507enormouscrime.html

Related article:
Bush Vows to Read An Enormous Crime

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03 June, 2007

From NewsMax:

" Bush Vows to Read New POW Book

The hubbub created by the release of the book "An Enormous Crime" has reached the White House.

President Bush recently met in the Oval Office with leaders of Operation Rolling Thunder, a 500,000-member organization of veterans who ride their motorcycles through Washington, D.C., each year to honor GIs missing in action.

The bikers gave Bush a copy of "An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia," by former Rep. Bill Hendon and Elizabeth Stewart. The authors report that hundreds of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam and Laos were never freed by their captors.

According to the New York Daily News' Rush & Molloy column, President Bush hugged the vets, thanked them for the book, and promised to read it.

When he does, he will learn some startling facts:

Based on 66,000 pages of never-before-seen U.S. government documents, "An Enormous Crime" details how Washington insiders manipulated intelligence to hide the truth: Hundreds of U.S. servicemen were abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War.

http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in030607bushvow.html
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 10:32 PM

Thanks for the heads-up Patience. I'll take a look at it if and when it hits my local Borders or Barnes and Noble.
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Posted 26 June 2007 - 11:39 AM

One of the approximately 1200 POWs/MIAS, unaccounted for.
I came across this info, which brings into focus the heartaches, frustrations, anger, determination and whatever else the families of these men and the POWs themselves, have gone through over the 34 years of attempts To Bring them home. They are Americans.

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Name: Morgan Jefferson Donahue
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force
Unit: 606th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
Date of Birth: 02 May 1944
Home City of Record: Alexandria VA (family in FL & CT)
Date of Loss: 13 December 1968
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 170100N 1055900E (XD055824)
Status (In 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: C123K
Several reports referring to "Moe-gan" and others describing Donahue as the
American called the "animal doctor" were received over the years since war's
end. In June and August, 1987, the Donahue family was given intelligence
reports tracking Morgan's movements from a POW camp in Kham Kuet, Khammouane
Province, Laos in the spring of 1987 to another camp in the Boualapha District
of the same province in August 1987. These reports were mere WEEKS old, yet the
U.S. marked them "routine". One of them gave Morgan's aircraft type and serial
number, which turned out to be, instead of the serial number of the aircraft,
Morgan's father's ZIP CODE. Morgan's family believes this is clearly a signal
to them from Morgan.


http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/d/d032.htm
This website has a photo of this fine young airman and complete details of the accident.
Also, excerpted from the bio.
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:42:44 -0400
From: "Lynn O'Shea"
Subject: Very Sad News

We've Lost A True Friend

The National Alliance of Families mourns the passing of Col. Vincent J.
"Budd" Donahue, father of POW/MIA Morgan J. Donahue, on July 10th. Col.
Donahue or "Budd" as he told everyone to call him was a stalwart in the
effort to bring our live POWs home and learn the truth about the missing.
From the day Morgan went down, he never relented. He pursued every lead,
making numerous trips to Southeast Asia. He fought both the Lao and U.S.
governments, in his efforts to bring his son home. Neither government could
stop his relentless efforts. In the end, it was illness that robbed him of
his ability to continue the fight.


Personal Note from Lynn O'Shea - One of the first families members I got to
know, when I started in this issue, were Budd and Shirley Donahue. Budd
Donahue was a man on a mission. He was a fountain of knowledge on the
POW/MIA issue and its players. He truly left no stone unturned in his
effort to bring home a live POW.

Budd Donahue was the true definition of an officer and a gentleman. He
served his country well, in and out of uniform, and he deserved better from
it.


To his wife Shirley and son Jeff, we offer our most sincere condolences.

My prayers for Morgan, his family, and all our missing servicemen and service women, and those who continue in harm's way.
RIP, Budd
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Posted 26 June 2007 - 03:02 PM

QUOTE(patience @ Jun 26 2007, 12:39 PM) View Post

One of the approximately 1200 POWs/MIAS, unaccounted for.
I came across this info, which brings into focus the heartaches, frustrations, anger, determination and whatever else the families of these men and the POWs themselves, have gone through over the 34 years of attempts To Bring them home. They are Americans.


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Posted 01 July 2007 - 07:47 AM

This article, found on the POW/MIA website, might bring some closure to some of the POW/MIA families who have been seeking for any news of their loved ones far too long.
First, some excerpts from this June 21, 2007 article.
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Bones Dropped Off in Boston - May be MIA Remains?

21 June, 2007

Bones turned over to police to be tested as possible POW remains
By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff
On June 7, police said yesterday, the informant dropped off two containers of bones bundled in several layers of wrapping. He wanted nothing in exchange.

Police say they contacted the state medical examiner and the district attorney's office and were told to process the evidence as they would in any death investigation. The department's forensic scientists tested the wrappings, but didn't touch the bones.

A week later, authorities called the Department of Defense, which confirmed yesterday that it has asked that the bones be shipped from Boston to its central identification lab in Honolulu, which tries to match bones with missing service members from all wars. The lab, the world's largest for tracing skeletal remains, identifies about 75 servicemen each year.
http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in210607bostonmia.html


A related article.

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Remains Repatriation

17 June, 2007

Remains from Laos believed to be those of Americans
Advertiser Staff

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii - A ceremony to honor recovered remains believed to be associated with American military members will take place on Friday.

There will be one transfer case associated with the Vietnam War from the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

A joint honor guard will memorialize the arrival of the remain at 9 a.m.inside Hangar 35.

Following the ceremony, the remains will be transported to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins.

The Honolulu Advertiser


http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in170607remainalaos.html

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 10:05 PM

I finally read the book (just sat down in the cafe at Borders and read it). Even if only a small percentage of those sighting reports-say, 5%, are true, then officials from every Administration since Nixon's have a lot to answer for. I recall something I saw on 60 Minutes some time back, when a former POW (then an SF Major) and an SF Master Sgt. who worked with him, were being interviewed by the late Ed Bradley, and they said that the bottom line should be that if we can't rescue them, or pay any kind of ransom, just admit that there are POWs in SE Asia, and there's very little the U.S. could do about it. They had information that included names of POWs being held and where, even down to the NVN units' telephone number. The info was very specific, and both men were frustrated that the civilians in DOD weren't listening to them. Hence the Bradley interview.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:05 PM

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I finally read the book (just sat down in the cafe at Borders and read it). Even if only a small percentage of those sighting reports-say, 5%, are true, then officials from every Administration since Nixon's have a lot to answer for. I recall something I saw on 60 Minutes some time back, when a former POW (then an SF Major) and an SF Master Sgt. who worked with him, were being interviewed by the late Ed Bradley, and they said that the bottom line should be that if we can't rescue them, or pay any kind of ransom, just admit that there are POWs in SE Asia, and there's very little the U.S. could do about it. They had information that included names of POWs being held and where, even down to the NVN units' telephone number. The info was very specific, and both men were frustrated that the civilians in DOD weren't listening to them. Hence the Bradley interview.


I appreciate your input. If Ross Perot had been allowed to move forward with his plans to investigate the issue, his findings, or lack of, would at least be believable, as his interest was non-political.
With so many sightings over the years of POWs in SE Asia, if genuine, one can fully understand the desire of the families to continue their pursuit for answers. They deserve that.
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Posted 16 July 2007 - 05:35 PM

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I finally read the book (just sat down in the cafe at Borders and read it). Even if only a small percentage of those sighting reports-say, 5%, are true, then officials from every Administration since Nixon's have a lot to answer for. I recall something I saw on 60 Minutes some time back, when a former POW (then an SF Major) and an SF Master Sgt. who worked with him, were being interviewed by the late Ed Bradley, and they said that the bottom line should be that if we can't rescue them, or pay any kind of ransom, just admit that there are POWs in SE Asia, and there's very little the U.S. could do about it. They had information that included names of POWs being held and where, even down to the NVN units' telephone number. The info was very specific, and both men were frustrated that the civilians in DOD weren't listening to them. Hence the Bradley interview.

The effort continues to bring some sort of justice or answer to this ongoing battle for the truth. A listing of all the Congressional Representatives who have co-sponsored the bill, H.R. 111, follows the article.

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H. Res 111

15 July, 2007

Give Voice to the Voiceless

You are the voices of our voiceless Prisoner of War and Missing in Action. Speak for those who can not speak for themselves.


15 July, 2007

The National Alliance of Families and Korea-Cold War Families of the Missing have done a spectacular job of getting the word out, chasing members of Congress and pushing for this legislation.

Countless volunteers have invested a tremendous amount of time, energy and personal resources to contact every Member of Congress... the list of good people is too long to mention here but a special nod goes out to Roger Hall, who has been tireless.

It must be noted that people are working AGAINST this legislation. They do not want Hearings, they do not want parity, they do not want anyone looking closely at the issue and its inconsistencies.

If your Representative is NOT on the list - CALL them, FAX them, E-MAIL them and get them to sign on... We need this, the families NEED THESE HEARINGS.

H.RES.111
Title: Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/30/2007
)

http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in150707cosponsors.html
http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in150707voicehr111.html
The last link gives more detailed info about contacting your Rep. ,if so desired.
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Posted 17 August 2007 - 09:35 PM

Update.
A distinction needs to be made here about the differences between the two organizations of POW/MIA families working to obtain information concerning an accounting for POW/MIAs.
A vast difference is that the National Alliance of Families is in full support of H.R. 111. This is one part of their goal. Their organization also includes work on behalf of MIA/POWs from other wars: WW11, Korea, Gulf War 1 and 11. Simply put:

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Our goals are simple... the return of any live Prisoners of War, and accurate accounting of the missing, the recovery and scientific identification of remains or a reasonable explanation as to why return, recovery or accounting is impossible.
http://www.nationalalliance.org/


The articles that I previously posted, are taken from their web-page.
They recommend negotiation with the countries involved in the VN War for any information that can be given concerning the POWs that are not accounted for before normalizing relationships.
The material for the book, An Enormous Crime, was researched for about 10 years and is excruciatingly detailed. Live sightings, how many, when, where, polygraph tests, etc. This organization was helpful with information for the book.
The authors stated that all administrations dropped the ball with their investigations.

The National League of Families (POW/MIA), takes another view. They feel that the Clinton administration lost a lot of leverage concerning the issue. No details given.

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FAMILIES OPPOSE ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE ON POW/MIA AFFAIRS: With a unanimous vote of the League’s Board of Directors preceding a unanimous membership vote at the 38th Annual Meeting, the League is firmly on record as strongly opposing H. Res. 111. Previously disproven claims of conspiracy and cover-up are again being raised, and past investigations have completely tied up assets and resources and the accounting was put on hold to allow time and attention to responding to Congress. The League will continue to fight against another wasteful, time-consuming special committee or commission unless and until there is nothing further that can be done constructively. In that event, the League would then reconsider. That time is NOT now!
http://www.pow-miafamilies.org/update.html

So what's a person to do.
My congressman is on board with his support for the resolution. I respect his decision. I doubt, however, that the proposed committee will ever see the light of day.
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Posted 17 August 2007 - 11:18 PM

With the two main family organizations for POWs and MIAs split, I believe you're right on the resolution's chances. A standing POW-MIA affairs committee (or a subcommitte, say, in the House Armed Services Committee) would be a good thing to have, though. Not just what happened to POWs and MIAs in previous wars, but cases from current conflicts would also be examined..... Fortunately, we don't have the POW-MIA numbers in this war that we had in SEA, so the motivation for such a committee isn't there from a political standpoint. The book, btw, made my blood boil, especially about the State Department types and also some of the civilians in DOD, both groups were perceived by the military and the intel community as "getting in the way" of bringing live POWs home. Even some in the CIA were perceived as sabotaging two rescue plans as the plans didn't give the Agency its "proper" role in the planned missions. (a lot of Agency types feel even today that the Agency should have its own special-ops capability separate from the military. The military rightly disagrees, IMHO.)
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Posted 02 September 2007 - 11:14 AM

QUOTE(patience @ Aug 17 2007, 10:35 PM) View Post

Update.
A distinction needs to be made here about the differences between the two organizations of POW/MIA families working to obtain information concerning an accounting for POW/MIAs.
A vast difference is that the National Alliance of Families is in full support of H.R. 111. This is one part of their goal. Their organization also includes work on behalf of MIA/POWs from other wars: WW11, Korea, Gulf War 1 and 11. Simply put:

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FAMILIES OPPOSE ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE ON POW/MIA AFFAIRS: With a unanimous vote of the League’s Board of Directors preceding a unanimous membership vote at the 38th Annual Meeting, the League is firmly on record as strongly opposing H. Res. 111. Previously disproven claims of conspiracy and cover-up are again being raised, and past investigations have completely tied up assets and resources and the accounting was put on hold to allow time and attention to responding to Congress. The League will continue to fight against another wasteful, time-consuming special committee or commission unless and until there is nothing further that can be done constructively. In that event, the League would then reconsider. That time is NOT now!
http://www.pow-mia families.org/update.html

So what's a person to do.
My congressman is on board with his support for the resolution. I respect his decision. I doubt, however, that the proposed committee will ever see the light of day.


The National Alliance of POW/MIA Families has responded to the above position taken by the Nation League of Families, POW/MIA.
I'll simply post the URL for the given response.

http://www.nationalalliance.org/legis/fieldreports.htm
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Posted 04 December 2007 - 04:49 PM

There is an update concerning the on-going search for the identity of the remains of some of our MIA's from the Vietnam War era. What especially got my attention in the update, was the area of Laos that was mentioned. This is an excerpt from my post on 26 June, 2007. It may have no connection to Morgan's demise.
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Several reports referring to "Moe-gan" and others describing Donahue as the
American called the "animal doctor" were received over the years since war's
end. In June and August, 1987, the Donahue family was given intelligence
reports tracking Morgan's movements from a POW camp in Kham Kuet, Khammouane
Province, Laos in the spring of 1987 to another camp in the Boualapha District
of the same province in August 1987. These reports were mere WEEKS old, yet the
U.S. marked them "routine". One of them gave Morgan's aircraft type and serial
number, which turned out to be, instead of the serial number of the aircraft,
Morgan's father's ZIP CODE. Morgan's family believes this is clearly a signal
to them from Morgan.

Both of Morgan's parents are now deceased. According to the article, he has a brother who is a physician.

The following article is an update from the POW/MIA website.

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27 NOVEMBER, 2007

Laos hands over remains of soldiers to U.S.

HANOI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has recently handed over a number of remains of American soldiers who died during the Indochina War in the country to representatives of the U.S. government, for analysis and return to their families.

Lao and U.S. technicians found the remains after excavating some sites in the two provinces of Attapeu and Khammuan in southern Laos between Oct. 18 and Nov. 20, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Tuesday.

So far, the Lao government has handed over the remains of 224 U.S. soldiers who died during the war in Laos to the U.S. government. They were among 572 U.S. servicemen reported missing in action by the U.S. government following the war in Laos in the 1960s and 1970s, the newspaper said.
©China View
http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in112707laosremains.html

Also, an update of co-sponsors for Rep. Peter King's HR111
http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/IN112607HRES111.HTML
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Posted 03 February 2008 - 08:17 AM

This is an update from the POW/MIA website taken from the BITS and PIECES article.

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257 Co-Sponsors for H.Res 111 --Thats right! Thanks to your efforts H.Res 111 calling for the formation of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs in the House of Representatives is so much closer to becoming a reality.

Weve got the votes! Our next hurtle is getting H.Res 111 out of the Rules committee. To do this we need to keep the pressure on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Chairperson of the Rules Committee, Louise McIntosh-Slaughter. Please send letters to both Speaker Pelosi and Chairperson McIntosh-Slaughter stressing the need for a new look at the POW/MIA issue. Send your letter to:

Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Tel: 202-225-0100 or Toll Free at 866-727-4894
Office of the Speaker Fax: 202-225-8259
H-232, US Capitol 202-225-4188
Washington, DC 20515


This information is also taken from the article.
I tried a Google and Wikipedia search for information about John (Top) Holland. There wasn't very much but I did find an audio interview (about 15 minutes in length), which I was able to download to Windows media player. He does mention the up-coming book and is very active in the POW/MIA search.

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New Book To Be Released-- Perfidy - The Government Cabal That Knowingly Abandoned Our POWs And Left Them To Die by John (Top) Holland is about to be released. Place your order now! To Pre-order contact The American Free Press at 202-544-5977 or truthhound2@yahoo.com


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