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My POW/MIA Page

Hi! I am Charles Gerlach. I created the webpage for the POWs and Missing-in-Action to let the world know that we want them back home again! It is also dedicated to the places where gallant fighting men and women have found their eternal rest. They were our real heroes. My site is also linked to similar sites created by others who share respect for those who served, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice, for their countries. Thanks to Everyone and All Our Veterans That Have Helped Make All This Possible. Let us all see if we can't make it possible to bring them all home! I wanted to add that something special for our veterans and younger generation, to view and cherish, in knowing what their forefathers endured, and had to go through, and to all my grandchildren.

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There were 801 POWs that returned alive from Southeast Asia. 660 were service members, 65 were civilians, and 76 were foreign nationals. Of the 801 returning, 136 were Army, 333 were Air Force, 39 were Marines, and 152 were Navy. 28 personnel escaped, 66 were released, and 566 returned during the Operation Home Coming. The first to be captured by the Viet Cong (VC) on 23 October 1963 were Captain Humbert R. Versace, 1LT James N. Rowe and Sgt Daniel Pitzer. Capt Verasace was reported to have been executed by the VC 25 September 1965 along with Sgt Kenneth M. Roraback. Neither remains has been repatriated. Capt Versace did not receive the Medal of Honor, even after being highly recommended. This was a grave misjustice and should be relooked, as with others that were held captive in that brutal jungle. Others that were captured and some died should at least receive the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross. Also there were about 2,500 US personnel who were classified by the State Department as missing from Southeast Asia after the Operation Homecoming. Most were written off in the 1980s with a bureaucratic classification of presumptive finding of death - BODY NOT RECOVERED.

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