National Alliance of Families
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The National Alliance Of Families For the Return of America's Missing Servicemen is an American organization founded in 1990. According the group's web site, its goal is to resolve the fates of any unreturned U.S. prisoners of war or missing in action from World War II on forward, and to gain the return of any live prisoners.
The chair and co-founder of the group is Dolores Apodata Alfond, whose brother was shot down in 1967 during the Vietnam War.[1] The group was visible during the United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs hearings of the early 1990s,[1] but disagreed with the committee's findings that there was no compelling evidence of any live prisoners in Southeast Asia.[2] Since then it has championed the case of Gulf War missing airman Scott Speicher among others.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Barbara Crossette. "Gulag Held M.I.A.'s, Yeltsin Suggests", The New York Times, 1992-06-16.
- ^ Clifford Kraus. "Senate Panel Report Fails to Settle M.I.A. Dispute", The New York Times, 1993-01-14.
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