Larry LaBarge the war in Vietnam was mostly a helicopter and air war there were many jets and helicopters that had been shot down in the enemy controlled areas in the than that a survivor of a one of these crashes were captured they would become a prisoner of war or POW's Violations of the Geneva Convention occurred in the Vietnam War (1959-1975). Ill treatment of prisoners was brought to light by the Red Cross …showed first 75 words of 473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 473 total…recovery of missing soldiers their reports from 200 up to 2,583 POWs and or people that are MIA or missing in action. The latest statistics that I found were from April 3, 1997 they read. As of March 31, 1997 1846 the first hand live sightings reported in Indochina have been received since 1975 ; 1782 (96%) have been resolved. 1250 (67%) wore equated you Americans now accounted for(i.e. returning POWs missionaries or civilians detained for violating Vietnamese Codes)http:// members.aol.com/usaheroes/natlf4.htm