The Petition

“There are over 80,000 Missing American Servicemen from World War II, Korea the Cold War and Vietnam, 24-34,000 of whom the Defense Department estimates are possibly recoverable. Roughly 72 per year are recovered- less than 1 in 1,000. We understand these American men and womens sacrifice was a profound loss for America, as friends and citizens from other countries we ask you to consider that the uncertainty surrounding their fate touches many around the world. I am one such person. Some of us citizens of other countries are the family of these missing, some have played a role in their location and some are otherwise beneficiaries of their sacrifice. All are aware of the pain the surviving family members feel and of the reflection Americas treatment of the Missing makes on America. While progress on this issue is rightly the responsibility of the American government and its citizens, we are encouraged that this year the House of Representatives, the Senate and President Obama chose to call on the Secretary of Defense to implement a comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, and fully resourced program to account for all of these Missing. We hope you choose to use your influence to build on this opportunity and set for America the priority of systematically seeking and repatriating these honored heroes, hundreds or thousands of whom are already located but not recovered.

In times of danger Americans and their foreign Allies jointly fought to provide the liberties we share today. So our concern for these men and women reflects a debt of honor that rises above citizenship. It is in that spirit of shared sacrifice and shared benefit that we ask you consider our perspectives and support and build on the current momentum to seek a full and comprehensive accounting of all of Americas Missing Service personnel.

Thank you.

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We ask...

• We ask the members of the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Committees to fully fund recovery of all Fallen American Service Personnel as soon as they are located, and to fully fund systematically seeking the 24-34,000 Missing the Defense Department views as "Possibly Recoverable". In light of the 700-3,500 remains believed by the office of the Secretary of defense to have already been reported in, and the 1-500 more remains located annually through civilian efforts, we ask that you recognize this effort will likely lead to more remans recovered than called for in the National Defense Authorization Act.
• We further ask that Armed Services Committees and their members work with the Secretary of Defense to assure that such a plan is developed and implemented quickly.
• We finally ask that the Armed Services Committees work with the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Appropriations Committees to assure that any necessary pilot progams are implemented that will allow for the immedatie creation of the capability to implement the recovery program; making sure that the planning and appropriations processes do not result in funding delays that further burden the aging family members who await the return of their loved ones.