In keeping with the President and First Lady’s commitment to honor the sacrifices of all who serve - veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors - the League's POW/MIA flag has been restored to its globally recognized position on top of the White House residence. This action reaffirms our Nation's commitment to account as fully as possible for American Prisoners-of-War and Missing-in-Action, as well as other US personnel still unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War and wars and conflicts further past, thus ending the uncertainty of their families.
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As of August 5, 2022,
the number of Americans Missing and Unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War is still 1,584 |
This month we celebrate The U.S. Coast Guard in honor of their birthday and salute our Purple Heart veterans. Click here to enjoy these tributes, as well as to view the recent special Medal of Honor White House ceremony for four of our Nation’s Vietnam veterans!
The National League of POW-MIA Families Southeast Regional Meeting & Workshop Registration Information and Pay Portal is now online.
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Please review the agenda to see all of the exciting events we have planned from October 13 - 16, 2022 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Complete the attached registration form and forward to SERegionMeeting@gmail.com to secure your spot at the event. The cost of the event is $99. If you are not a League member or you are not current in your annual dues it will be an extra $25 to attend. We are steadily working on two optional events and will soon be posting updates regarding them. Join us on Sunday morning after the meeting and workshop for the Charity Plane Pull. Does your team have what it takes to battle an A1 Skyraider? Looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!
The Crown Plaza Town Center has rooms (Kings and doubles) for $99.00 per night plus tax for our event. The Crown Plaza is located about 20 minutes from the Norfolk International Airport (ORF) and is a 5-minute ride from Town Center where many great restaurants and shops are located.
Link to The Crown Plaza Town Center
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Please review the agenda to see all of the exciting events we have planned from October 13 - 16, 2022 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Complete the attached registration form and forward to SERegionMeeting@gmail.com to secure your spot at the event. The cost of the event is $99. If you are not a League member or you are not current in your annual dues it will be an extra $25 to attend. We are steadily working on two optional events and will soon be posting updates regarding them. Join us on Sunday morning after the meeting and workshop for the Charity Plane Pull. Does your team have what it takes to battle an A1 Skyraider? Looking forward to seeing everyone at the event!
The Crown Plaza Town Center has rooms (Kings and doubles) for $99.00 per night plus tax for our event. The Crown Plaza is located about 20 minutes from the Norfolk International Airport (ORF) and is a 5-minute ride from Town Center where many great restaurants and shops are located.
Link to The Crown Plaza Town Center
We Need Your Help!
The League needs your support to sustain and increase efforts to account for America’s unreturned Vietnam War Veterans. We MUST ensure that the Department of Defense (DoD) includes additional funding for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). You can help make this happen! Contact your Senators about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (S. 4543), starting October 1st. The Senate has not yet voted on the FY2023 DoD budget but plans to increase DoD’s overall allocation without slating additional funds for the DPAA. Additional funding is needed to ensure the Vietnam War accounting effort remains the priority that the DPAA Director pledged to the POW/MIA families. Please join us in this fight for answers. Contact your Senators NOW, before they vote on S. 4543, asking them to increase the DPAA budget from $131 million to $175 million. You can make this happen with only a few minutes of your time. Very helpful contact information for your Senators is on this link: https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/contact-us-senators. Please join us! Call, email or write to your Senators asking them to increase DPAA’s budget for FY2023 and help bring more UNRETURNED Vietnam War Veterans home!!
The League needs your support to sustain and increase efforts to account for America’s unreturned Vietnam War Veterans. We MUST ensure that the Department of Defense (DoD) includes additional funding for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). You can help make this happen! Contact your Senators about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (S. 4543), starting October 1st. The Senate has not yet voted on the FY2023 DoD budget but plans to increase DoD’s overall allocation without slating additional funds for the DPAA. Additional funding is needed to ensure the Vietnam War accounting effort remains the priority that the DPAA Director pledged to the POW/MIA families. Please join us in this fight for answers. Contact your Senators NOW, before they vote on S. 4543, asking them to increase the DPAA budget from $131 million to $175 million. You can make this happen with only a few minutes of your time. Very helpful contact information for your Senators is on this link: https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/contact-us-senators. Please join us! Call, email or write to your Senators asking them to increase DPAA’s budget for FY2023 and help bring more UNRETURNED Vietnam War Veterans home!!
Though the National POW/MIA Recognition Day poster was scheduled to be unveiled at the League 52nd Annual Meeting in June, cancellation required a change to this custom. As a result, it was unveiled on, July 19th, following the remarks of DPAA Director Kelly McKeague at the national convention of the VFW in Kansas City.
Since 1981, the POW/MIA accounting community has created a poster commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day to signal America's commitment. Though no longer produced from original paintings by the late VA-employee and Vietnam Veteran Tom Nielsen, the 2022 poster continues this tradition
Special Message of Interest
from League Chairman/CEO Ann Mills-Griffiths
Over the years, I’d often heard about Colonel Le Minh Dao, ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam), from League Senior Policy Advisor Richard T. “Dick” Childress, retired US Army Colonel, who served during the Vietnam War (1968-69) as a Foreign Area Officer (FAO) in Chung Thien Province, South Vietnam. He sent me the below note, also indicating that I might want to add that MG Le Minh Dao mentioned in his taped remarks information about American POWs. In addition, a letter to President Reagan that he smuggled out was later used by Dick Childress in negotiations with Vietnamese leaders seeking release of re-education camp detainees, talks that I was privileged to observe during one of my many trips to Vietnam during the Reagan Administration. Finally, after his release from nearly two decades of imprisonment, his daughter, Michele Le, the author, came to meet me at a League meeting and has recently pledged to donate to the League a portion of all proceeds from the sale of her fascinating book. The posted notice below, from the newsletter of Advisory Team 73 Group (Vietnam Veterans), stated:
“Dick Childress sent me a recently published book on Le Minh Dao, entitled Children of Hope, the Story of Le Minh Dao. Colonel Dao was formerly the Province Chief of Chuong Thien Province during the period of 1968-69 and later served as the Commanding General of the 18th ARVN Division. It was through his inspired leadership that the Division held back three NVA (North Vietnamese) divisions during the Battle of Xuan Loc in April 1975. The Book, Children of Hope, was published by Dao’s daughter through her transcription of the tape recordings he made prior to his death in 2020. The book primarily deals with Dao’s 17 years in a Communist reeducation camp but has several pictures from his time in Chuong Thien. I just finished reading it, and it portrays the final days of South Vietnam and his later imprisonment by the Communists. The privations he (and many of our Vietnamese counterparts suffered) is far beyond my ability to comprehend. The book is available for order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart and many other book retailers.”
“Dick Childress sent me a recently published book on Le Minh Dao, entitled Children of Hope, the Story of Le Minh Dao. Colonel Dao was formerly the Province Chief of Chuong Thien Province during the period of 1968-69 and later served as the Commanding General of the 18th ARVN Division. It was through his inspired leadership that the Division held back three NVA (North Vietnamese) divisions during the Battle of Xuan Loc in April 1975. The Book, Children of Hope, was published by Dao’s daughter through her transcription of the tape recordings he made prior to his death in 2020. The book primarily deals with Dao’s 17 years in a Communist reeducation camp but has several pictures from his time in Chuong Thien. I just finished reading it, and it portrays the final days of South Vietnam and his later imprisonment by the Communists. The privations he (and many of our Vietnamese counterparts suffered) is far beyond my ability to comprehend. The book is available for order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart and many other book retailers.”
Membership
We'd like to remind you all to renew your membership for 2022-2023! It's only $25 for the year, and all are eligible to join. To renew your membership or join as a new member, click the "Membership" link below or send a check to the League Office. Your support allows us to continue our mission to obtain the release of all prisoners, the fullest possible accounting for the missing, and repatriation of all recoverable remains of those who died serving our nation during the Vietnam War.
We'd like to remind you all to renew your membership for 2022-2023! It's only $25 for the year, and all are eligible to join. To renew your membership or join as a new member, click the "Membership" link below or send a check to the League Office. Your support allows us to continue our mission to obtain the release of all prisoners, the fullest possible accounting for the missing, and repatriation of all recoverable remains of those who died serving our nation during the Vietnam War.
Please click on the following link to pay Membership Dues:
Membership
Membership
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MEETING
"This Southeast Regional Meeting, October 13-16th, is especially important on the heels of the Leagues canceled 52nd Annual Meeting. The aftermath has been difficult, but we're working hard not only to sustain, but grow the League in both numbers and influence. If you are able and willing to help and are genuinely determined to support every reasonable effort to bring home our missing men, then please do your best to support SE Regional Director Dave Huffman's efforts to signal DoD/DPAA of your determination and be with us. You'll not only be glad you made the effort, but you'll also learn a lot and enjoy your time with others family members, friends and supporters.......and remember, League members includes our dedicated associate members, so you are ALL invited to be with us.......As ever onward......." Ann Mills-Griffiths, Chairman of the Board & CEO
SE_Region_Meeting.pdf
"This Southeast Regional Meeting, October 13-16th, is especially important on the heels of the Leagues canceled 52nd Annual Meeting. The aftermath has been difficult, but we're working hard not only to sustain, but grow the League in both numbers and influence. If you are able and willing to help and are genuinely determined to support every reasonable effort to bring home our missing men, then please do your best to support SE Regional Director Dave Huffman's efforts to signal DoD/DPAA of your determination and be with us. You'll not only be glad you made the effort, but you'll also learn a lot and enjoy your time with others family members, friends and supporters.......and remember, League members includes our dedicated associate members, so you are ALL invited to be with us.......As ever onward......." Ann Mills-Griffiths, Chairman of the Board & CEO
SE_Region_Meeting.pdf
DPAA'S VIETNAM WAR ANNUAL GOVERNMENT BRIEFINGS INFORMATION
The Vietnam War Annual Government Briefings
The Vietnam War Annual Government Briefings
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Please share to help make this effort successful!
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Accounting for all of the missing will never be possible, but working together, we can and will achieve the fullest possible accounting for America's Vietnam War POW/MIAs.
This message reaches those serving today in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and at bases, posts and stations around the world. They NEED TO know if captured or missing while serving, our nation will be there for them.
This message reaches those serving today in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and at bases, posts and stations around the world. They NEED TO know if captured or missing while serving, our nation will be there for them.
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