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Sybil Stockdale's letter about the North Vietnamese breaching the Geneva Conventions and formation of new organization the League of Wives is published in San Diego Union Tribune.
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Sybil Stockdale's letter announcing the formation of new organization the League of Wives of American Prisoners in Vietnam is published in San Diego Union Tribune.
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Sybil Stockdale directs a telegram barrage at President Nixon as he assumed office
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird gives his "Do Nothing" speech.
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The "Go Public" campaign starts.
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Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard G. Capen meets in San Diego the local members of the League of Families including Lorraine Shumaker, Phyllis Rutledge, and Sybil Stockdale
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird gives his "Go Public" Speech.
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The "Go Pubic" campaign is officially launched.
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Karen Butler and Sybil Stockdale meet West Coast Editor of Look Magazine in Los Angeles
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A small group of POW/MIA wives meets with President Nixon.
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Sybil Stockdale's Interview by Barbara Walters, The Today Show, NBC .
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Senator Bob Dole Arranges and Coordinates a Bi-Partisan Tribute for the POWs in Constitutional Hall. Photo: [Dole Archives, University of Kansas]
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The National League of POW/MIA Families is founded.
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POW wife Louise Mulligan appears in "The Virginian-Pilot" with an article announcing the formation of The National League of POW/MIA Families. Article: [The Virginian-Pilot]
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The POW/MIA Bracelet Program officially kicks off.
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POW wife Phyllis E. Galanti delivers a televised speech before the Virginia Senate.
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POW wife Phyllis Galanti mobilized the Richmond “Write Hanoi” campaign where individuals write letters to the North Vietnamese government requesting them to treat the POWs humanely. “I wrote” button refers to Phyllis Galanti’s “Write Hanoi” campaign. [Virginia Historical Society]
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POW wife Phyllis Galanti was among a delegation of 10 Write Hanoi campaigners who went to Stockholm, Sweden.
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President Nixon Cuts Troop Levels by 70,000
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A black flag with the head of a bowed prisoner and the words “You Are Not Forgotten” – was adopted at a Board of Director’s meeting as the logo of the National League of Families of American POW/MIAs.
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The POW/MIA flag begin to be manufactured for distribution.
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POW wives present their flag to U.S Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.
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On Laird's watch, U.S. troops in Vietnam dropped from 549,500 in 1969 to 69,000
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U.S. troop strength reduces to 69,000 under President Nixon.
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Mrs. Galanti and two other POW wives talked about prisoner issues with President Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. [Associated Press/John Duricka]
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The article "When Johnny Comes Home - or Doesn't" by Loudon Wainwright is published in the LIFE Magazine
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"Wife of a Prisoner Hopes After Frustrating Years" Article by POW wife Louise Mulligan is published in the newspaper, "The Telegraph"
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President Nixon announces the agreement for "peace with honor" and the release of American POWs in Vietnam.
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Henry Kissinger, national security adviser, agreed to a ceasefire with representatives of North Vietnam.
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The first U.S. POWs are released by Hanoi.
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Only 24 hours behind schedule, the last of the known 591 American POWs leave Hanoi.
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All of the listed American POWs have returned.
Article: [Daily News]
