The Women behind the POW/MIA Movement

RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash

On today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of a new book, “Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind.” It is the story of how the wives of Prisoners of War and those Missing In Action during the Vietnam War compelled the military and the US government to change policy and focused a nation on the unfinished business of a war it would rather forget. Symbolized by the rapidly ubiquitous black POW/MIA flags around the nation, the movement fundamentally changed how America thought about those lost in combat, and its obligation to those they left behind.

Taylor Kiland is a former naval officer, the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy, and is also the author of two other books about our nation’s POWs. And Judy Gray is a former correspondent for The Tampa Tribune who has published five books on military topics. A retired Coast Guard chief petty officer, she is the third generation in her family to serve in the military.

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