Replying to a message of Randall Parker to Phil Payne:

 RP> From: Randall Parker
 RP> 

 RP> Phil,

 RP> In WWII the other side (especially Japan) did not respect the Geneva
 RP> Conventions in the treatment of US prisoners.

 RP> In the Korean War the other side did not treat soliders according to
 RP> the Geneva Convention. US soldiers got sent to Russia for Stalin's
 RP> amusement. They were tortured and killed in Korea, China, and Russia.

 RP> In the Vietnam War the other side did not treat the US soldiers
 RP> according to the Geneva Convention.

Some on our side didn't, either.  As a side note, IIRC a few of our
aircrews were shipped to the Soviets for their intelligence value; a
factoid never acknowledged by the Soviets and, of course, those people were
never repatriated.  Also, in 1973, after the cease-fire, a U.S. EC-47 was
shot down over southern Laos (details at www.ec47.com) and while the bodies
of the pilot and copilot were in the wreckage, no trace of the back end
crew was found.  If memory serves, probably 10-15 years ago, a fellow I
happen to be (slightly) acquainted with, Terry Minarcin, got a little press
coverage by revealing that the U.S. had intercepted enemy communications
that referred to American prisoners, apparently from that incident.  Terry
was involved in translating those intercepts, and his comments came after
he separated from the service.
Of course, nothing was done at the time - 1973 - because Nixon wanted the
war over with and revealing that Americans were *still* being held prisoner
by the enemy would impede the process.  He already had the treaty signed
and was pulling our people out of the area.
And North Vietnam, of course, didn't want our intelligence collectors
snooping around their buildup of forces in Laos and Cambodia - which of
course violated both the words and the spirit of that January, 1973 treaty.

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