POW Hrdlicka’s Documents

This webpage is to give the real and true facts concerning my husband’s case. I want the public to see the documents I have collected over the years so they can judge the facts of who is telling the truth.

Click on the links to view important documents regarding David L. Hrdlicka's capture.

Credibility of Data

Collection from US Government data, National Archives, Library of Congress.
1965 Early Eyewitness Reports Intelligence reports on POWs ranging from 1966 to 1970’s
1965 Loss Incident Early reports/statements by wingmen
1965 Shootdown David’s first night in captivity
1965 Summary of Facts Summary of facts from David’s casualty file
1966 Ban Na Kay prison Satellite imagery of Ban Na Kay
1966 Ivan Shchedrov Russian Correspondent Ivan Shchedrov was a correspondent during the war and had access to prisoners
1966 State Department documents on Hrdlicka The State Department was invovled in Hrdlicka case at the very beginning
1967 John McCain McCain being an obstrucionist against Vietnam Era POW/MIA families
1967 Report 3 POWs Laos Souphanouvong visits three POWs report had map with it
1968 Eyewitness Reports Reports on David received from Defense Intelligence and found in the archives by a researcher. Reports date from 1968 to 1994
1969 Aerial Photo Laos POWs playing volleyball in Laos
1969 Escape codes for Pilots Escape codes picture of satellite imagery walking K and 1969 photo of POWs at Ban Nakay
1969 Rand Studies Research Project on Prisoners of War in Indochina 1969
1970 Report 20 PWs Laos 1970 CIA report 20 POWs in Laos possibly connected to photo
1971 Nixon Dole memo Discussing how to handle POW families with cosmetic solutions
1972 CIA Report on POW POW sent to Russia from Vietnam
1972 Vietnam POW Dodge Another captive from Vietnam that was not returned
1973 CIA and Nixon knew of POWs CIA knew Laos held POWs and Nixon knew the number was 317
1973 Kissinger & POW issue Proof Kissinger knew men were left in Laos
1973 Kissinger memo concerning Hrdlicka Proof that Kissinger knew that Col. David L. Hrdlicka was a POW but never negotiated for him
1973 Other Eye Witness Reports Live sightings on other POWs
1973 US government knew POWs were in Laos 1973 CIA memo explains how they know there were more POWs in Laos.
1974 Moose Document Over 1300 men left in captivity and missing 
1977 VN tactics for negotiation 1977 categories of POWs possible tactics for negotiation
1981 White House Meeting Government refuses to negotiate release of 57 POWs in 1981.
1982 US Government Ineptness Government admits their failure. Aware of live POWs knows names & does nothing.
1984 Evidence of POWs in Laos Different reports in 1980’s of POWs being held in Laos
1984 Tracking of Live POWs
Air Traffic of POWs		 Recovered government records showing it’s tracking POWs.
1985 McCain disbelief of POW McCain wants Gen. Tighe recalled to duty
1985 Mishandling of POW/MIA issue by DOD Sloppy job done by DOD on POW issue
1986 CIA report Laos PWs More evidence that the CIA has tracked POWs and knows what happened to them
1986 Photo of Ban Nakay Document and photo of Ban Nakay POWs Laos
1987 Perot Advises President Reagan Perot lays out points on POW/MIA issue
1987 Perot-Reagan White House Perot working to set up an Emissary to Vietnam
1987 Perot’s Efforts on Behalf of POWs US Policy not served by Perot’s efforts to negotiate for POWs
1987 report of POWs being moved Report of POWs being transported between POW camps
1988 Walking K imagery Walking K imagery picked up in 1988 Sam Neua area
1990 Denying Blood Chit reward USG denies there is a reward but blood chit says there will be a reward
1991 Col. Peck resigning as POW chief Ongoing problems with POW/MIA issue continues in 1991 with resignation of POW/MIA Chief
1992 Carol’s Efforts 1992 Senate Select Committee Hearings POW/MIAs
1992 Criminal activity during senate select committee hearing Kerry telling witnesses what to say prior to testimony before senate select committee hearing
1992 Kerry misconduct during POW/MIA hearings Kerry has committed High Crimes & Misdemeanors during the hearings also has destroyed documents
1992 McCain misdeeds on SSC MCain wants to keep information from being leaked
1992 Rescue Attempts US government denied rescue attempts “Duck Soup”. Records found in LBJ Library.
1992 Senate Select Committee Hearings Misconduct by Senators Kerry & McCain on Senate Select Committee Hearings on POW/MIAs
1992 Senator John Kerry John Kerry and the MIA Cover-up
1992 Testimony of General Richard Secord Laos Chief of Air, CIA, 1966-1968; Laos Desk Officer, Defense Department, 1972-1975 confirms that men were left behind.
1992 Last Known Alive List A Senate Select Committee list of men who could have survived their incident 
1993 Kerry SSC promise Kerry states the door on POW issue will not close-but it did close
1993 The ‘1205 Document’ A Story of American Prisoner, Vietnamese Agents, Soviet Archives, Washington Bureaucrats, and the Media
1993 Violations of Law POW/MIA hearings Sent to Attorney General, Federal Criminal Violations during the 1992 Senate Select Committee Hearings on POW/MIA
1994 Complaint to DOD Inspector General See response to my complaint showing violations of seven regulations dealing with the POW issue
1995 Blood Chit policy reinstated Blood Chit policy was reinstated in 1995 after years of denial
1995 Carol’s Testimony 1995 Subcommittee of the National Security Council Hearing
1995 Defense Intelligence Agency waste Defense Intelligence Agency was aware that Vietnamese pilfered crash sites and remains were picked up and stored
1995 Escape & Evasion signals discovered US Government concealing its own evidence on MIA pilots
1996 Carol’s Statement 1996 National Security Committee Military Personnel Subcommittee
1996 McCain confronted by POW families When there are no cameras this is how McCain treats POW families
1996 McCain gutted legislation McCain gutted legislation to protect service men and women and then denied knowing anything about it
1996 McCain meets families Ethics question about McCain assaulting family member in senate hallway
1996 Vietnamese Remains Storage Intel showing that the Vietnamese had a warehouse with remains of American Servicemen
1997 Abandoned in Laos Our engagement in Laos was a “secret war” run by the CIA.
1997 POW Sighting Report of sighting of POWs in Northern Laos
1997 POWs in Laos Abandoned in Laos
1997 problems still exist in DOD The problems with the POW investigations and reluctance to address unreturned POWs by Commander Chip Beck
1997 Researcher Roger Hall Abandoned in Laos & MACV-SOG
1997 State Department receives POW reports State Department still on live sighting reports 1997 & 2001
1998 Eyewitness Reports from China Newly found report on American PWs in China
1999 list of reports on PWs 1999 DPMO list of reports in the 1990’s of POWs
2000 John McCain War Secrets John McCain passes legislation to obstruct the truth about POWs becoming public
2001 Recent Eyewitness Reports Eyewitness Reports from 2000 to 2006
2003 More evidence of POWs 2003 More evidence of POWs in Laos
2004 USG does not want info on POW/MIA When Lao citizens come forward with information on servicemen they are arrested
2008 Eyewitness Reports 2008 reports on American PWs living in South East Asia
2008 live sightings PW These are stony beach reports of sightings of men in captivity
2008 Satellite imagery on POWs Authenticator code being picked up by satellite of POWs.
2008 Schanberg Video Schanberg interview on Democracy Now
2008 Sydney Schanberg Article 2008 Sydney Schanberg “McCain and the POW Cover-up”
2009 Eyewitness Reports 2009 reports on American PWs living in South East Asia
2009 live sightings reports Live sighting reports from Stony Beach info POW held Vietnam
2016 Memorial Day Former Congressman John LeBoutillier’s speech to Rolling Thunder
2016 Request State Department Welfare Check Letters to the State Department for welfare and whereabouts of Col. David L. Hrdlicka
2016 Sydney Schanberg article Sydney Schanberg interviews American Buisnessman who believes there are POWs still alive
Blood Chit Reward offer carried by pilots in case of shoot down.
Capture Photo Picture published in Laos publication-Headache for LBJ
DOD Inspector General Notified Inspector General of waste investigating POW issue CIA knew crash sites were salted
DOD Inspector General complaint Destruction of POW case files with information given by informants on POWs
DOD Inspector General complaint Destruction of files during the Senate Select Committee Hearings
DOD Inspector General complaint Senator Kerry scripting witnesses before Senate Select Committee Hearings
DOD Inspector General complaint Senator Kerry working to normalize relations with Vietnam conflict of interest
DOD Inspector General complaint Mishandling of Hrdlicka case mis-correlating reports of death by Trowbridge
DOD Inspector General complaint Library of Congress documents tracking POWs & prison camp locations
DOD Inspector General complaint DOD mis information to family member & Trowbridge lying about rescue attempts
DOD Inspector General complaint Waste and shredding documents by General Needam
DOD Inspector General complaint General Needham mishandling of POW Investigations
DOD Inspector General complaint Vietnamese have answers warehouse of remains
DOD Inspector General complaint Denying US citizen accompanied by US Senator access to US Embassy
DOD Inspector General complaint Evidence Defense Intelligence Agency knows Vietnamese pilfered crash sites & has warehouse of remains
DOD Inspector General complaint Clinton changes POW Recognition Day-didn’t want to upset Vietnamese
DOD Inspector General complaint Defense Intelligence Agency is aware of manipulation of POW issue
DOD Inspector General complaint Freedom of Information request on rescue attempt named DUCK SOUP
DOD Inspector General complaint Vietnam MIA surfaces in New Zealand after being declared dead
DOD Inspector General complaint Wasting $100 million on POW/MIA issue instead of putting the burden on Vietnamese to account for men in captivity
DOD Inspector General complaint Gobers comments on Carol Hrdlicka and DPMO following Carol’s activities
US Law protecting captives This law is not enforced by the government.
Waste in the DOD Examples of waste and abuse in the Department of Defense POW investigation