I rise today to cosponsor Senate Joint Resolution 171. introduced by my distinguished colleague and friend. the senior Senator from Mississippi. This resolution would designate July 20. 1984. as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day." As of today. 2.494 Americans remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. This includes 1.150 known to have been killed in action. but whose remains have never been recovered. All but 14 of these 2.494 have now been listed as "presumed dead" by the Department of Defense. However. since 1975. hundreds of Indochinese refugees have reported firsthand. live sightings of Americans still held captive in Southeast Asia. Over 180 of these reports are still under investigation by the Joint Casualty Resolution Center. Mr.
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