#pows

The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#contact #crossing #effort #final #guards

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#being #government #held #iraq #iraq war

Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#concerned #get #i #our #politics

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#being #bluff #camp #come #commanders

Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. ↗

— John Yoo

#detention #does #even #facilities #holding

I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#back #came #convinced #home #hoping

The PoWs went through something so horrible, you don't know who's coming back. ↗

— Gideon Raff

#coming #horrible #know #pows #something