So Where are the Lies and Deception?
- Lie #1... "No parachutes and no emergency signals or voice transmissions were heard by the escort aircraft.
Facts... Original DOD Message Sent 24 NOV 69 with the Highest Priority , indicated 'ONE BEEPER'
- Lie #2... Remains of the entire crew were recovered and identified.
Facts... Although CILHI cannot identify anyone from dental records, bone fragments, or pistol serial numbers, they conclude that the remains include Capt Earl C. Brown, Maj Peter R.Matthes, Maj Michael D. Balamoti, Lt Col Richard O. Ganley, CMSgt Donald L. Wright, CMSgt Larry I. Grewell, CMSgt Rexford J. DeWispelaere, and CMSgt Charles R. Fellenz.
- Lie #3... The anwser they derived to that question was "cleary no."
Facts...
*** "The intelligence indicates that the American Prisoners of War have been held continuously after Operation Homecoming and remain in captivity in Vietnam and Laos as late as 1989."
Oral Intelligence Briefing before the Senate Select Committee on POWs-MIAs, April 8, 1992
*** "Despite adherences to internal policies and public statements after April, 1973, that "no evidence" existed of living POWs, DIA authoritatively concluded as late as April, 1974, that several hundred living POW/MIAs were still held captive in Southeast Asia." Interim Report on the Southeast Asian POW/MIA Issue
By the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Republican Staff
Release Date: Monday, October 29, 1990
*** "In fact, classified and unclassified information all confirm one startling fact: That DOD in April, 1974, concluded beyond a doubt that several hundred living American POWs remained in captivity in Southeast Asia. This was a full year after DOD spokesmen were saying publicly that no prisoners remained alive."
Interim Report on the Southeast Asian POW/MIA Issue
By the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Republican Staff
Release Date: Monday, October 29, 1990
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"Referenced report provided information of urgent political sensitivity," so
reads a Defense Intelligence Agency message sent to USDAO Saigon Vietnam on June 15, 1973.
Only evidence of American POWs left behind in Vietnam would warrant a message of "Urgent
Political Sensitivity." That was the situation facing DIA in June of 1973.
The next time someone asks you to name one American Serviceman left behind in Southeast Asia, name just one....Look them straight in the eye and say
Captain John T. McDonnell United States Army
Last Known Duty Station --- Vietnamese Prison Camp Ba To, Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.Last Seen Mid To Late February 1973 And He Was Not Alone!
- Lie #4... GX2527
Facts... Although CILHI cannot identify anyone from dental records, bone fragments, or pistol serial numbers, they conclude that the remains include Capt Earl C. Brown, Maj Peter R.Matthes, Maj Michael D. Balamoti, Lt Col Richard O. Ganley, CMSgt Donald L. Wright, CMSgt Larry I. Grewell, CMSgt Rexford J. DeWispelaere, and CMSgt Charles R. Fellenz.
More responses to follow.
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