Regret to Inform You: Experiences of Families Who Lost a Family Member in Vietnam

The return of prisoners, called Operation Homecoming, began February 12, 1973, and ended March 9, 1973. A total of 591 men were returned to the U.S. military representatives. As many as 2500 men were still being held as POWs after this release. According to the U.S. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, as of 1998, there are still 2100 personnel who remain classified as MIA, remains not received, or are missing or unaccounted for. The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in American history. But the history of that conflict doesn't tell us of the heartbreak and the agony of families whose sons and daughters, husbands and brothers, remain missing long after that conflict. For many, the agony ended when their loved ones returned alive--changed by their experience, but able to resume their lives. For others, coffins with remains were returned and formal military services and funerals were held across America. These families mourned the loss of their loved ones. Their private war was over. Then there were the Missing In Action. For their parents, wives and children, the conflict had not ended. In many ways it had just begun. These are the stories of eight such families. Each have waited for closure for more than 30 years and are still waiting. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2000; review; For anyone who lost a family member in this conflict this is a must read. For families coping with trying to get information and then closure to the loss of their child or brother this book offers hope in showing how families have...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-03-2000; Shows deep feelings of families who lost children in Vietnam; The conversational dialog used for writing this book appealed to me. This writing style for expressing the feelings from families who lost loved ones in the controversial Vietnam war brought many feelings that I had about the war to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-16-2000; Engages you, so you feel like you're right there, right now; The book shows me (a person of another era) what it was like to be notified that a loved one was MIA in a faraway, unpopular war. The dialogue is so real and the people so open that I feel as though I could reach across the table and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2000; review; For anyone who lost a family member in this conflict this is a must read. For families coping with trying to get information and then closure to the loss of their child or brother this book offers hope in showing how families have...; read full review | report as inappropriate