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