Jeff Bingaman: “recently, in a remote area of Vietnam, a helicopter with 16 passengers and crew aboard went down in a central Vietnamese…”

“recently, in a remote area of Vietnam, a helicopter with 16 passengers and crew aboard went down in a central Vietnamese jungle. Vietnamese officials reported that there were no survivors. The passengers on this aircraft included seven American heroes. One of those heroes, I am sad to report, was from New Mexico, Major Charles Lewis II. Major Lewis was an Air Force ROTC graduate of Mayfield High School and New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. He was an outstanding student and deeply committed to his country through his service with the Air Force. We are shocked and saddened at the loss of Major Lewis and these American heroes. In connection with the recent 'National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day', I salute Major Lewis and his downed colleagues. Moreover, I salute the heroic contributions of all those who serve in the Joint Task Force Full Accounting, JTFFA, and the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii, CILHI, whose noble mission is to resolve the cases of Americans still unaccounted for during America's wars.”