"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic." ~Nixon

POW/MIA? what does this mean?

Sometime today you will talk to a loved one; husband, wife,son,daughter,father or mother. You know that they will be there for you when you want them . My father was in the Navy for 23 years and was often gone for months at a time...but he came home every time. What if he hadn't ? What if your loved one went to do an important thing (something he believed in !) and didn't come back ? EVER! How would you FEEL? What if your loved one was doing a service for everyone and risking all for them ?AND DIDN'T COME BACK? Now add to this a promise we made! We said we would never abandon one of our own ! Yet , we did , by the thousands! The same men who went to serve us we have turned our backs on!

I can't live with this ! Can YOU?

POW=Prisoner Of WAR / MIA=Missing In Action

Name:Mark V. Dennis

Rank/Branch:HM3/USN

Home City of Record:Miamisburg,Ohio

Loss Date:15 July 1966

Country of Loss:South Vietnam

Loss Coordinates:(unknown) Dong Ha

Status(in 1973):Killed In Action

Acft/Vehicle/Ground:CH46 Helicopter

Remarks: Not On Official Missing Lists!

Synopsis:

Hospitalman Mark Dennis was a Navy medic aboard a Chinook helicopter when it was shot down on July 15,1966. All men on board were declared "Killed In Action". Three and a half weeks later, a casket arrived in Ohio and was buried. In November,1970,an issue of Newsweek carried a photograph of an "unknown POW" which his brother felt was MARK DENNIS. That, combined with an earlier report from the Navy, that"a couple of men could have gotten out of the helicopter" sparked Mark's brother to travel Paris, Bangkok, and Vietnam in search of the truth. The remains proported to be those of Mark Dennis were exhumed, and exhaustive tests made. The results proved to Mark's family beyond a shadow of a doubt that they DID NOT BURY MARK DENNIS, but someone else, unknown to them. Mark's family continues to actively pursue answers to their question, "Where is Mark Dennis?"

Below are the direct addresses of our government representatives. Please take the time to write them and ask them what they are doing about the men like Mark V. Dennis we left behind . Make your question quite specific,"what legislation are you introducing this session to address the POW/MIA situation?"and include "why aren't we doing anything if that is the current status ?"! Our government is refusing to acknowledge the existence of our men and it's time we held them accountable! Never before has such a travesty been committed and it's time to end the farce ! We left our men behind !

The President

The Vice President

Congressmen

Senators

Here are letters I have sent to my representatives and their LOUSY responses!

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