About Those “I Escaped from the VC/NVA” Claims? Great information if you're interested.

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:58:47 -0400

About Those “I Escaped from the VC/NVA” Claims
Hondo | October 7, 2015, From This Ain't Hell

One of the common – and immensely frustrating – claims by military fakes is falsely claiming to have been held as a POW in Vietnam or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. It’s also one of the easier false military claims to disprove quickly. DPAA maintains a public list of POWs who returned from captivity during or at the end of the Vietnam War.

However, many individuals making a “Vietnam POW” aren’t content to merely claim they were a POW. Many have to claim to have been in a “tiger cage” temporarily, or to have later somehow escaped from enemy custody – or both. Hell, Jonn posted an article about one such fake claim earlier today.

Well, it turns out this kind of claim is also laughably easy to disprove. Turns out that DPAA maintains a second list – specifically, a list of those who successfully escaped enemy captivity during the Vietnam War.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=62220&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thisainthell%2FnTMY+%28This+ain%27t+Hell%2C+but+you+can+see+it+from+here%29

About Those “I Escaped from the VC/NVA” Claims

One of the common – and immensely frustrating – claims by military fakes is falsely claiming to have been held as a POW in Vietnam or elsewhere in Southeast

Response by SSgt David Tedrow made Oct 7 at 2015 9:19 PM

SSgt David Tedrow — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:19:43 -0400

Attention seekers and it's a fraud.

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Oct 7 at 2015 9:24 PM

Cpl Dennis F. — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:24:12 -0400

Knowing how few of these there were, I would probably kick the bar stool out from under him before he finished the sentence;)

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 9:24 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:24:58 -0400

Great post Sgt Keith Bodine. People that falsely claim they were POWs are sick.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 9:33 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:33:46 -0400

Read this earlier today. Love this site.

Response by MAJ Jim Woods made Oct 7 at 2015 10:55 PM

MAJ Jim Woods — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 22:55:07 -0400

James Nicholas "Nick" Rowe (February 8, 1938 – April 21, 1989) was a United States Army officer and one of only 34 American prisoners of war to escape captivity during the Vietnam War.[1] Colonel Rowe was credited with developing the rigorous Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training program taught to high-risk military personnel (such as Special Forces and aircrews) and the U.S. military doctrine which institutionalizes these techniques and principles to be followed by captured personnel.
In 1989, Rowe was killed by a unit of the New People's Army in the Philippines called the Alex Boncayao Brigade.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Oct 8 at 2015 2:47 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 02:47:50 -0400

In this day and time of Information you would think they would know that someone would check out their stories.