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  • Former POWs Blame Kerry for Captivity

    10/21/2004 2:08:00 PM PDT · by crushelits · 8 replies · 592+ views
    yahoo.com ^ | Thu Oct 2, 2004 | David B. Caruso
    PHILADELPHIA - Former U.S. prisoners of war who blamed their years of captivity in Vietnam on activists such as John Kerry are the only voices in a documentary that Sinclair Broadcasting has decided not to air in its entirety. Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, was a decorated Navy lieutenant who returned from Southeast Asia disillusioned. He organized anti-war protests in Washington and testified against the conflict before the Senate. The 42-minute film, titled, "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," is a one-sided view of Kerry's anti-war activities. It consists mostly of interviews with U.S. prisoners of war who survived imprisonment...
  • Bush designates Wednesday as POW recognition day

    04/08/2003 4:34:01 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 10 replies · 195+ views
    <p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush designated Wednesday as a day of national recognition for former U.S. prisoners of war and pledged to work for the safe return of Americans captured in the Iraq war.</p> <p>"These brave men and women in uniform follow in the footsteps of these former POWs who placed country above self to advance peace in a troubled world," Bush said in the proclamation he issued Tuesday.</p>