Posted on 05/29/2017 6:14:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
Memorial Day is a time for remembrance. Many think of the ones who have died in combat, but a forgotten group is the Missing In Action. On this solemn day Americans should think about those who never came home, with their families left in limbo. Thankfully, there is one group whose sole purpose is to account for the ones who fought for this country, but never returned home. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s mission is to find many of the missing from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Congressman Mark Walker (R-NC) told American Thinker of his desire to make sure these men and women were not overlooked. He helped to create a “select committee that will bring attention to the issues POWs and MIAs face. The whole purpose of it is to give Congress a better understanding of where the needs are so that we can help. I want to help the families have some closure and let them know I recognize that not all who fought made it back home.”
Kristen Duus, the Chief of External Communications for this agency, believes the number unaccounted for is over 82,500. She emphasizes, “This is a significant number and the family members have wondered for decades what happened to their loved ones. I consider this the most honorable job I ever had including my fifteen years serving in the Army. In January 2015 we became fully operational. Because of the DNA advances and the cooperation of many countries we are able to excavate the bones and then give them full military honors. We only need a minute sample of the DNA from family members.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
My remarks could be off topic, but when reading this I also thought of those that died after returning from war.
In particular, a brother that died of Agent Orange cancer, who is just one of countless veterans that have died of war connected issues long after they returned.
Then we have the living with PTSD, many wishing being dead would be the better alternative.
Yes, we need to find the missing, this is so important on so many levels. But we need to find solutions to the VA related problems and give the current vets suffering better service.
It’s all politically complicated, and I doubt if it will ever be close to fixed.
Thanks for posting. Let’s never forget our MIA’s, POW’s and their families.
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