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Show RJwg Thursday, February 24, 1983 J Unaccounted For Americans The search goes on A .1 j ing the war, claimed that this by J01 Gary Hopkins Officially, the Vietnam War ended a decade ago on Jam 27, 1973, when the Paris Accords were signed. But there are still 2,494 Americans unaccounted for , ' d P)hi. or that individual had been shot down and buried or.shot down and captured, or that, they had pictures of American servicemen; or through intelligence sources weve determined that an indivi- in Indochina. According to Department of Defense officials, most of marily, and also in Cambodia. Unaccounted For Americans 506 Navy 294 Marines .948 Air Force 705 Army 1 Coast Guard 40 Civilians Why so many Americans unaccounted for, and why is it takingsuch a long time to settle the issue? The major problem is the lack of information being provided by the ............. ........... DR. (CAPT.) DAVID JACK from Tooele Army Depot checks a record with Ruth Anne Antry at the Dugway Health Clinic. lends a hand at the DPd Clinic TEAD MD uating class. Dr. Jack explained that the program is on par with civilian medical schools; he states Health Clinic patients may have noted a new face, that of Dr. (Capt.) David B. Jade who i$ on loan from Tooele Army Depot. Dr. Jack has been Services. This is a relatively new de- and their dependents. Dr. Jack was in the second grad affairs. "Let me give you some A ' (Physician's Assistant) here as well as dental facilities. . Dr. Jack will be here until Lt. Philbin returns. He will then go back to Tooele, where he says that the workload is different, mainly physicals d and accidents. We have appreciated the assistance he has provided and wish him the best of luck. ex- amples," he continued. "There was a Vietnamese refugee who came to the states in 1980 and said there were 400 sets of remains still in Vietnam that he had seen them,and that he had worked on preparation of the remains. The Defense Intelligence Agency did an extensive analysis on him, and the training. When asked about how he liked Dugway, Dr. Jack could find no real complaints. He says the facilities here are very good and that we have the advantage of having a PA No stranger to Utah, Dr. Jack is a 1970 Olympus High School graduate, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah. He then went on to complete his medical training at the new Uniformed Services University of the Health signed for training physicians for the health care of military of Defense for Secretary POW-MI- After the rigors of medical school classes, he spent considerable time rotating to different military base health facilities to gain on the job TDY. se Venanzi. Colonel Venanzi is file principal adviser to the that "they are all tough!" helping out since the departure of the clinic director, Lt. Col. Philbin is on program specifically governments. "We know that the Vietnamese government has a lot of information that they havent shared with us yet," said Air Force Lt. CoL Gerald Indo-Chine- U.S. government considers the refugee's information to be very credible. "We also know that the Vietnamese themselves, dur work-relate- I the Vietnamese and the remains have not yet been returned. The Word "remains" is most often used when refer- ring to unaccounted for - cation difficult. .Progress is being made, though. A technical team first-han- d, ings have been resolved. About 2 percent of the reported sightings have turned out to be sheer fabrication. Hie remainder are still under investigation, the U.S. Government being unable to verify information one way or another. "As a result of these reports," the colonel said, "we work under the assumption that at least some Americans are still held captive. This is a working hypothesis that allows us to fully investigate all these reports and allows us to give these reports the necessary manpower and re- el ing Americans in Indochina, even with full cooperation between countries, will be an arduous process at best. "We recognize that we won't be able to account for everyone because there are some who were lost in jungles or mountains and their remains are never going to be found," the colonel said. "But we're doing our best, and we consider the issue a humanitarian matter, which is totally separate from other matters that lay between the United States and the Vietnamese sources to eventually hopefully try to solve the situation." For the most part, though, the U.S. government is trying to get leads on bits and pieces of information trying to on follow up reports of people Monday. Feb. 28 1 1:00 a.m. - "Midnight Lace" 2:30 p.m. - "El Cid Part I 7:00 p.m. - "Somebody Up There Likes Me ' 1:00 am. - "Love Me Tender I government. The Vietnamese have finally officially responsed to the U.S. governments longstand- ' - - v-- - h 1 . v . - v- - yA 1 1 ) I- UM 'J - WORKING IN STRANGE environments is nothing new to Vic Pratt. Here he merrrily continues working while Mike Wilson of Facilities puts some finishing touches on a new projection booth for Conference Room.B in the headquarters building. Mike covered Vic and his furniture to keep out the dust and chips from the sealing compound used on the sheet rock walls. l . . Tuesday, March 1 11:00 am.- - "Connecticut Yankee 2:30 p.m. - "El Cid" Part II 6:00 p.m. NY Rangers at Pittsburgh 1:00 am. - "Quick, Before It Melts Wed., March 2 11:00 am. - "The Boy From Oklahoma 2:30 p.m. - "Cleopatra Part I 6:00 p.m. - NCAA Basketball - Rutgers vs U of Rhode 1:00 am. "The Maids" Thur., March 3 11:00 am. - "Slaughter On 10th Avenue 2:30 p.m. - "Cleopatra Part II 6:00 p.m. - "Journey To the Unknown 1:00 am. - "Sams Song FrL, March 4 11:00 am. - "A Woman's World 2:30 p.m. - "Cleopatra Part III 6:30 p.m. - NJ. Nets at Chicago 1:00 am.- - "The Looking Glass War Sat., March 5 3:30 am. - "The Electronic Monster 11:00 am. - "The Crazies 1:00 p.m. -- "The Fly 6:00p.m. - "Duffy 1 1:00 p.m. - "Phantom of the Opera 1:00 am. - "Homebodies Sun., March 6 11:00 am. - "Mitchel" 1:00 p.m. - "Dead Men Tell No Tales "In general, Maj. Shields said, "there's a great deal going on. The Reagan adminis- tration has taken the position that we should do more than weve done in the past to settle the accounting. And a memo by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger stated that the accounting question on the POWMIA issue "is a mattert of the highest national priority." In time, perhaps, with new emphasis being placed on the issue of unaccounted-fo- r Americans in Indochina, a fuller accounting can be obtained.' -- Trivia Contest winner is Ann Jenkins 3 Trivia Contest 11:00 p.m - "Night Digger 1:00 am. - "The Snake Pit Mon., March 7 11:00 am. - "Two Tickets To Broadway 2:30 p.m. - "Mongos In Town 8:00 pjn. - N.J. Nets at Boston 1:00 a.m. - "Lifeboat Tues., March 8 11:00 am. - "Summer Stock 2:30 pjn. - "The Rookies 9:30 pjn. - N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis 11:00 p.m. - "Movie Murderer Wed., March 9 11:00 am. - to be announced 2:30 p.m. - "The Monk 1:00 am. - "Ravine Thurs., March 10 11:00 am. - "Springtime 2:30 p.m. - "The Pigeon 6:00 pjn. - N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh 1:00 am. - "Saskatchewan FrL, March 11 11:00 am - "Kid Galahad 2:30 p.m. - "Two For The Money 7:30 pjn. - N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton 1:00 am. - "Operation SNAFU Sat., March 12 11:30 am. - N.Y Nets va St. Louis 6:00 p.m. - N.Y. Rangers at Calgary 11:00 pjn. - "Scalpel 1:00 am. - "Eagle In A Cage Sun., March 13 11:00 am. - N.Y. Nets at Boston 6:30 p.m. - "The River of Gold 11:00 pjn. - "The Man in the Glass Booth 1:30 am. - "Arena 5 v ese agreed to the technical meetings, now scheduled to take place four times a year. V -- ' - ing proposal to have U.S. and Vietnamese technical experts meet on the POWMIA issue on a regular basis. Colonel Venanzi said. The Vietnam- the channels on the Dugway Cable with the exception of for the Listed below are the movies scheduled on WOR-Tnext two weeks. -- s I returned from Hanoi Dec. 9 after three days of talks with workers at the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons. Colonel Venanzi said the talks were held strictly on a technical level as disopposed to policy-levcussions. Being able to account for every one of the 2,484 miss- Indochina. About half of those sight- V, X f ac- counting," said Army Maj. Bob Shields, a spokesman in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public. Affairs. "We're talking' about remnants of remains, sometimes just a piece of bone that makes identifi- Americans in Indochina. Although there is little chance that any of the missing are alive, there is still some hope. According to .Colonel Venanzi, the U.S. government has received more than 460 live from various sighting reports sources relating to Americans who are supposedly in The local editor of TV Guide publishes listings for, all New York. That appears as Channel 12 locally. next two weeks, along with live sports broadcasts. , "We're talking about Movies listed tor WOR New York Channel 12 WOR-T- , who have items such as an identification card or dog tag, or a bit of an airplane. dual had been in the hands of the unaccounted for Ameriare in cans about 1,900 Vietnam. The remainder of the missing are in Laos, pri- by Sara J. Beeler 3 I times is Santa Claus mentioned in the famous poem that begins: "Twas the night before Christmas.? 1. How many A vV,iv-fa: - 2. What is unique about Manx cats? 3. Why is there (ho joy in Mudville? I!-- v1 ; fj k V - , f v ill jtlc " i A0. ' 1 1 f if 4. What was the screen name of Norma Jean MortensenBaker? 5. When a telephone number is mentioned in a movie, what " digits are usually given first? ill- y V'UvW, Health Clinic patrons who isit the lab may benefit by ray of a new modem blood ell counter. Lab technician, at Oliver, says that the new lachine allows complete lood countsto be more ac , -- r-: curate, more complete and processed at a much faster rate. The new process, made possible by a M430 Coulter Counter Machine, can process a complete blood count in as little as 3 minutes. Official Rules 5. In case of a tie, the ear1. Only one entry per familiest arrival will be the ly will be accepted. winner. 2. Only one winner per 6. The decision of the family will be allowed. , 3. No entry will be acceptjudge, Joe Buelna, will be finaL , ed from any worker in the 7. One quick due . . . your Tech Library or the PAO. 4. Entries must be brought to the PAO during normal duty hours. v post library has a wealth of knowledge, you might ' do V . ,,'r ', This week's Trivia Contest Winner is Ann Jenkins. Ann works at the post library, so she knows how valuable the library can be! The prize for this week is lunch for two at. the .Tooele McDonalds. We hope that Ann and her guest enjoy this; prize. You could be a winner next time; just be sure to get those entries in early! Deadline for next winner will be close of busi- ness on Friday, March 4. We would like to again thank oUr Tooele merchants for all some investigating there. . thejr help and support. |
