We should remember that this was the occasion for similar prayers and happiness 8 years ago when our country signed the Paris peace accords signaling the formal end to the war in Vietnam. a war which divided our countrymen and which took the lives of many thousands of our young people. We would be remiss. even on this day of national celebration. if we did not remember that as a result of that terrible conflict there are still Americans in captivity. Americans who have been seen by the refugees who have come into our country and into Thailand. escaping the Communist regimes in Laos and Vietnam which have terrorized them. They tell us that some of our people are still held in horrendous conditions. kept from their families and loved ones. denied even the basic rights of prisoners of war to have contact with the outside world and to have their conditions of imprisonment monitored. This captivity is a source of grief and despair for 2.500 American families who wonder every day about the treatment of their sons. husbands. and fathers and about whether they will ever see them again.
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