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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. Potemkin village-style buildings where these people lived, such as Jeremiah Denton, included a non-California Alcatraz. (-5[1])The Populist candidate Bo Gritz came to political prominence for his campaigns for these people, who came to the US in Operation Homecoming. (*) Rolling Thunder’s motorcycle Ride for Freedom initially focused on issues involving these people, who were protected by the Third Geneva Convention. James (10[1])Stockdale was awarded the Medal of Honor after spending seven years as one of these people at the “Hanoi Hilton.” (10[1])For 10 points each, name these soldiers left behind in Southeast Asia after the end of a 1970s war. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Vietnam POWs [or prisoners of war in Vietnam; accept POW/MIA for “prisoners of war”; prompt on POWs or prisoners of war”; prompt on American soldiers or veterans with “In what country?”; reject “hostages”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, American History>
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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%102.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%100%126.00
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2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%0%40%112.20
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%104.00
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