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Tue Aug 26 18:38:17 1997 Attempted escapes in SVN (Note 1) Hi CC: Sometimes we get a big dose of reality as to the barbaric actons of our captors in SEA. This first hand story from Hal speaks volumns about those who tortured us while apologists like Jane defended them. Thanks, Hal, for sharing your experiencees. (DOD simply lists them as having died in captivity). Mike ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 19:53:09 -0400 From: Hal Kushner Subject: Re: Attempted escapes in NVN (No. 14) Hi Mike: Here's an escape attempt I witnessed first hand. L/Cpl Dennis Hammond, USMC and Pvt E C Weatherman, USMC...attempted to escape by overpowering a guard while on a "Co-Mi" [a starchy tuberous plant called Yucca in Puerto Rico] run in SVN. They were gone about an hour, were recaptured. Weatherman executed on the spot. Hammond carried back tied on a stick like a pig. Beaten severely in front of the rest of us and placed in stocks and on very reduced rations. His legs were pinned to the ground and he was fed one coffee cup of rotten rice per day. He had to defecate in his hands and throw it away from him and spent about two weeks in the weather in stocks with daily beatings. He subsequently died about 18 mos later. South Vietnam Joseph S. Zawtocki Dennis W. Hammond (1042) On February 8, 1968, Corporals Zawtocki and Hammond were captured in South Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive. They were initially held with other U.S. POWs who were present when Zawtocki and Hammond died in captivity. Hammond's name appeared on the Provisional Revolutionary Government's died in captivity list, and his date of death was recorded as March 7, 1970. Both were later declared dead/body not recovered. In August 1985, the remains of American POWs who died in captivity in South Vietnam in Quang Nam Province, the same prison camp where Hammond and Zawtocki were held, were repatriated by Vietnam. Zawtocki's remains were identified. The remains attributed to Corporal Hammond were determined to be the remains of a Southeast Asian Mongoloid. Based on all available information, the remains of those who died in this jungle prison had been recovered by Vietnamese officials during the 1970s. Other Indications After Operation Homecoming, U.S. officials and others looked to new information about POWs' experience for additional leads. For many years, POWs were not permitted to send or receive letters. When mail finally was allowed by the North Vietnamese, the U.S. gained new information about its POWs. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird recalled that about 5000 letters had been received and, through them, about 470 POWs in Vietnam and five in Laos had been identified. Five individuals verified in captivity by war-time letters but did not return at Operation Homecoming:
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