| When the Six Powers Talks began in late 2006, and as they continued through 2007 and 2008, speculation
about signing of a peace-treaty ending the Korean War surfaced quite frequently. Yes, it has been that long
since the talking about North Korean violations of world peace and non-nuclear proliferation provisions
began—stretching now to almost the same length as the 1950-53 communist propaganda show at Panmunjom. Any
“peace-treaty” for the Korea Peninsula is unacceptable unless it addresses and resolves, among other
absolutely critical matters, the accounting for over 8,000 US missing and unaccounted for now pending for
over 50 years and for much larger numbers of South Koreans missing or abducted, even in more recent years.
The Combined Korean and US Veterans stand together in rejecting any peace until all the missing have been
acceptably accounted for in complete detail. We invite all other veterans of all wars to stand with us on
this critical matter and we observe this 2008 solemn recognition of the Prisoners and Missing. 
THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN
Photos, Facts and Maps (PDF File) Louis T. Dechert |
