"Human beings, ... we can survive anything, if we know
what it is we're surviving. I think that the unknown is probably
the most difficult situation to be confronted with. We want to
know. We want to know the answers."
Source: Sallie Stratton, wife of Capt. Charles
W. Stratton, who was lost over Vietnam on January 3, 1971. After
over 35 years of grief, and many questions about her husband's
final moments, Sallie finally received confirmation of the
circumstances of her husband's death on July 5, 2007, thanks to the
efforts of the US military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.
Hundreds of family and friends gathered in October 2007 to
celebrate now-Lt. Col. Stratton's life... in stark contrast to his
1977 memorial service, which was clouded wi