Audrain County Missouri Vetrans

Cahall, James Warren SP4 U.S. Army 15 Jan. 1967

Dollens, Harold Ray, PFC. U.S. Marine's 23 Mar. 1965

Graves, Jerry Lee Cpl. U.S. Army 28Jul. 1968

Lederle, Michael Alan Sgt. U.S.Army 24 Jan. 1969

Scruggs, David L. SSgt. U.S.Army 31 Jul. 1967

Surh, Alfred Henry LT.JG. U.S.Navy 26 Mar. 1969

Westlake, Clair Lloyd JR. PFC. U.S.Army 01 Jan. 1969

This page also honors the memory of my friends who were Vietnam Vetrans who have died after coming home.

There names do not appear on a wall, there names are in the Lambs book of life.

Government statistics show that 75% of those who served in vietnam were

volunteers, most came from middle-class backgrounds and as a group they

approximated the recial makeup of the U.S. population. Those characteris-

tics stand in stark contrast to the popular notion of Vietnam soldiers as draft-

ees, disproportionately poor and greatly overrepresented by minorities. It's

true that many college students obtained temporary deferments from military

draft and that black Americans suffered disproportionately high casualties in

the early part of the conflict. But by war's end, death rates matched the racial

makeup of the United States.......................Steve Waterman, Retired Navy Seal

Korea once was called

the forgotten war. The

American people and

the U.S.Government did

forget not only the little

nasty war,but the vetrans

of that war. The Korean

war vet never received

a ticker tape parade like

the WW II vets,it was like

no one cared about them

or the war.They were all

Hero's and no one noticed.

POW's were left in Korea..

Over 8,000 servicemen were once considered Missing In Action from the Korean War.

Of those Missing In Action, unidentified remains of over 800 of these servicemen are

buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at the Punchbowl,Honolulu,Hawaii

Our Government has designated all POW-MIA'S dead,body's not recovered, or remains

recovered but not identified from the Korean War. There are still 8,100 Korean War POW-MIA

including 389 who were at one time listed as POW'S. Our Government turned their back on these men,

and lied to their families and to the American people concerning their

true status. THEY LEFT THEM BEHIND WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little did we who went to Vietnam know that our Government would do a instant replay of leaving POW-MIA'S behind in the hands of the enemy, and knowing the North Vietnamese had American

servicemen that they would release for a set sum of money did nothing to arrange their

freedom. We Vietnam Vet's were not given a Hero's welcome,or parade, not even a small thank

you,instead we were spit on, cussed out,called baby killers, war mongers, no good SOB's,

to put it mildly we were the scum of the earth. Our POW/MIA's were

betrayed from the begining.

Then there were the wounderful people like Jane Fonda who sold out 100% to the North

Vietnamese commies,because she is a commie her self. Jane Fonda is a TRAITOR. While

American servicemen were being held in POW camps she

gives comfort and aid to the

enemy.

She also made radio broadcast for radio Hanoi urging American soldiers to desert and

called American POW's "liars and hypocrites" when they told of their torture,beatings

and starvation. If this is not TREASON,I don't know what is

One thing I must address now is the POW/MIA issue. Our Government no matter how strong or how weak

it may be and with all it's faults, is still the greatest

Nation in the world, I want to make that clear.

So why would the greatest Nation in the world turn

it's back on our servicemen that are held as prisoners

in some Asian country, and tell the American people

that they are all dead,when there is proof that they

are still alive.

Administration after Administration has refused to resolve

the problem and return our men to America. The former

President Bush, knew full well that North Viet Nam and

other communist countrys are holding Americans in POW

camps, yet refused to do anything about it. He had first hand

knowledge even before becoming President, because he

was head of the CIA.

President Clinton started normal trade relations with Viet Nam

without getting a full accounting of our POW's and the men

that are missing. By doing this, he put us futher away from

getting the truth out of the Vietnamese Government about

our men that are being held against their will. The Vietnamese

have lied, our Government has lied, the Military has lied, but

our men who are being held as prisoners are the one's who

are living these lies. Please get involved, help bring our men

HOME. There is so much proof that these men are still ALIVE,

yet our government has declared them all dead. How would

it feel to be alive and to have everyone believe that you were

dead day after day, year after year? Please get involved, by

having our leaders address the POW/MIA issue honestly and

bring them home. It's time to get our head out of the sand and

pressure the President and Congress to act NOW!!!!!!