What he didn't know was that Nixon had had a bombing planned in the same area at the same time.
Had a friend working as USPS liaison with the UPU for Perot on the scene at the time. The guys involved in the first efforts to improve things for the POWs were everafter fairly distrustful of the government. However, the work along this line continued until 1973 with the "official" end of our direct involvement in Viet Nam.
Things go on in this world you never hear about, and if you do, they seem unbelievable.
It was under Jimmy Carter that some of Perot's employees were held captive in Iran.
Perot's difficulties with "W" and "W"'s dad have to do with Texas politics ~ period, and they probably do have something to do with Viet Nam ~ but you have to remember one of Perot's best buddies over the years has been Ollie North. "W"'s dad (as Vice President) didn't pick up the slack and save Ollie from prosecution by vengeful, vicious Democrats.
Burr shot Hamilton over less.