J.C. Watts: “Mr. Speaker, today, as a member of the House Committee on National Security, I rise to pay tribute to the many thousands…”

“Mr. Speaker, today, as a member of the House Committee on National Security, I rise to pay tribute to the many thousands of Americans who have been held as prisoners of war and the many thousands of Americans who are still missing in action. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the first American POWs from North Vietnam, and accordingly, I urge my colleagues here today to support this resolution which honors those 591 American POWs who were reunited with their families 25 years ago today in a mission known as Operation Homecoming. Today, Mr. Speaker, there are still 8,100 American soldiers who fought valiantly in the Korean War and still have yet to return home. We have yet to locate their whereabouts. Today, there are still some 2,500 American men and women who battled in the streets and jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and still have yet to return home. We have yet to determine their whereabouts.”