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Until All The Men Are Back - Research Papers

Until All The Men Are Back

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and goes after the lost sheep until he finds it? “And, when he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and goes home. “Then he calls [everyone] and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep’” (Jesus Christ: Luke 15:4-6).
For some thirty years, two thousand four hundred thirteen (2,413) souls have been crying out for freedom, but they are waiting as lost sheep for their shepherd to find. The title, whether Prisoner Of War, Missing In Action, or Killed In Action b.n.r. (body not recovered) matters not. There is terrible wrong ...

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to reciprocate. Within the context of this oath are phrases such as “I am prepared to give my life in [my country’s] defense.” There are sworn words such as “I will never forget that I am an American and dedicated to the principles which made my country free.” The men and women falling under the aforementioned titles of POW, MIA or KIA (b.n.r.) need the same commitment shown them as the sheep in the scriptural quote above. The shepherd, the people of the United States, should commit to finding the lost and bring them back to the flock. This must be our mutual oath to the ones sitting day and night, year after year in the dejection and despondency of a prison.
As written by Dennis Johnson in his poem “Missing in Action,” he speaks in the first person tense of one missing:
I am an MIA still waiting here today. In a war that no one wanted I was lost and left behind. I did nothing to dishonor yet you still dishonor me. How can you ...

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Added: 10/8/2008 05:24:01 AM
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