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    Keeping the Promise

    By Donna E. Elliott

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    On January 21, 1968, the 282nd AHC was on a mission to support U.S. troops under siege in Khe Sanh village when the lead helicopter was shot down by the North Vietnamese. In the midst of the enemy, Jerry Elliott jumped from his gunner's seat to rescue fellow Black Cat soldiers, and simply vanished. The military listed him as Missing In Action-MIA-a hellish classification that provides neither comfort nor closure to those back home.Officially designated as Case 1000 by the Department of Defense, Jerry's fate is still uncertain, despite a determined quest for the truth by his younger sister, Donna. Frustrated at nearly every turn by the POW/MIA bureaucracy, she stoically continues the search-one that has taken her from Washington, D.C. to Vietnam and back again.Keeping the Promise is a bittersweet tale of a sister's unending dedication to do just that-keep the promise made to her brother, to the families of the POW/MIAs, and most importantly, to those left behind in Southeast Asia: We won't stop until every last man has the fullest possible accounting.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHellgate Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781555716820
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      Jerry Elliott was listed as Missing In Action in Viet Nam in 1968. This book, written by his sister, is the story of her almost 40 year hunt for him. She describes how the lack of closure caused the disintegration of her family and of the callousness and deception of the government in her attempts to get information about him. She eventually joins Viet Nam Veterans Against the War, taking part in marches in Washington, DC. She makes three trips to Viet Nam searching for answers. It is hard to imagine that our government walked away from Viet Nam, leaving hundreds if not thousands of POWs there. Elliott gives a very believable explanation of why that happened. This is an interesting but ultimately very sad story. It's a good reminder that the war is never really over for those families who are left with no answers. I recommend this for anyone interested in Viet Nam history.