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Description acceptableAn H. Bruce Franklin book about these people with the subtitle “Mythmaking In America” chronicles the failure of Gillespie Montgomery’s commission to gather information about them. In a dispute about these people's status, Dolores Apodaca Alfond's National Alliance of Families broke from Ann Mills Griffith’s National League of Families. Bo Gritz came to political prominence for his campaigns for these people, who came to the US in (*) Operation Homecoming. (-5[1])Rolling Thunder’s motorcycle Ride for Freedom (-5[1])initially focused on issues involving these people. James (-5[1])Stockdale was awarded the Medal of Honor (10[1])after spending seven (10[1])years as one of these people at the “Hanoi Hilton.” For 10 points each, name these soldiers left (10[1])behind in Southeast Asia (0[1])after the end of a 1970s war. ■END■

ANSWER: Vietnam POWs [or prisoners of war in Vietnam; accept POW/MIA in place of “prisoners of war”; prompt on POWs or prisoners of war with “Who served in what war?”; prompt on American soldiers or veterans]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, American History>
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