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The Vietnam Wall Experience at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth June 6, 7, 8, 2003.


website A three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was on display at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from Friday, June 6, through Sunday, June 8, 2003. This memorial honors the more than 58,000 U.S. dead and missing-in-action who sacrificed their lives in defending our nation.

Gunny Fallon Update - 17 June 2003
Hello, my name is George Fallon... most folks just call me Gunny. Several years ago, I was a small part of a group of people who started Operation Just Cause, a non-funded, international POW support organization that promotes awareness of the POW issue and seeks to reach a just resolution of that issue through respectful but persistent petition of our elected and appointed officials. I have an important request of all of those who care about our uniformed service members... those unselfish and remarkably courageous men and women who safeguard our way of life. In February 1988, a month and a half after taking command of UN Observer Group Lebanon, US Marine LtCol Rich Higgins was captured by Hezbollah terrorists. At some unknown later date, he was murdered by his captors. During his time in captivity he was interrogated and tortured, and at one point, his captors announced to the world that they intended to try Colonel Higgins for war crimes since he had served in Vietnam! A year and a half after he was taken, his inert body was seen on television screens around the world, hanging by the neck. More than two years later -- December 1991 - his remains were dumped on a Beirut street. Although captured and held by armed enemies of the United States while on military assignment with UN Forces, Colonel Higgins was never designated a Prisoner of War. He was never afforded the protections that POWs are guaranteed under international law. His captors have never been prosecuted and the governments that supported and sheltered them have never been held to account. I'd like to ask each of you to take a moment to visit http://operationhiggins.org . It won't take more than a few minutes to read the two simple pages. See what you, as a citizen, can do to prevent this from happening again to another American Soldier, Sailor, Marine or Airman... learn what you can do to spare another family the grief that Colonel Higgins' family and friends endured. For the record, there is nothing partisan about this issue. No political party is at fault and no government agency is to blame. The problem rests in the wording of a law written before the abduction and murder of Colonel Higgins could have been anticipated. Times have changed and it is now time to amend the wording of the law. Please give us the few minutes it will take to visit Operation Higgins. Then decide for yourself if the life of a single American is worth a few minutes of your attention. In the event you are unable to access the site for some reason, mirror sites are posted at http://falloncommunications.com/higgins and at http://www.soft-vision.com/higgins/. On behalf of Rich's wife, LtCol Robin Higgins (USMC Ret.), myself and the entire staff of OJC, Thank you, Gunny If you are interested in becomiing a member of OJC, please go here .

Gunny Fallon Update - 17 June 2003

Operation Higgins

Hello, my name is George Fallon... most folks just call me Gunny.

Several years ago, I was a small part of a group of people who started Operation Just Cause, a non-funded, international POW support organization that promotes awareness of the POW issue and seeks to reach a just resolution of that issue through respectful but persistent petition of our elected and appointed officials.

I have an important request of all of those who care about our uniformed service members... those unselfish and remarkably courageous men and women who safeguard our way of life.

In February 1988, a month and a half after taking command of UN Observer Group Lebanon, US Marine LtCol Rich Higgins was captured by Hezbollah terrorists.

At some unknown later date, he was murdered by his captors. During his time in captivity he was interrogated and tortured, and at one point, his captors announced to the world that they intended to try Colonel Higgins for war crimes since he had served in Vietnam!

A year and a half after he was taken, his inert body was seen on television screens around the world, hanging by the neck. More than two years later -- December 1991 - his remains were dumped on a Beirut street.

Although captured and held by armed enemies of the United States while on military assignment with UN Forces, Colonel Higgins was never designated a Prisoner of War. He was never afforded the protections that POWs are guaranteed under international law. His captors have never been prosecuted and the governments that supported and sheltered them have never been held to account.

I'd like to ask each of you to take a moment to visit http://operationhiggins.org . It won't take more than a few minutes to read the two simple pages. See what you, as a citizen, can do to prevent this from happening again to another American Soldier, Sailor, Marine or Airman... learn what you can do to spare another family the grief that Colonel Higgins' family and friends endured.

For the record, there is nothing partisan about this issue. No political party is at fault and no government agency is to blame. The problem rests in the wording of a law written before the abduction and murder of Colonel Higgins could have been anticipated. Times have changed and it is now time to amend the wording of the law.

Please give us the few minutes it will take to visit Operation Higgins. Then decide for yourself if the life of a single American is worth a few minutes of your attention.

In the event you are unable to access the site for some reason, mirror sites are posted at http://falloncommunications.com/higgins and at http://www.soft-vision.com/higgins/.

On behalf of Rich's wife, LtCol Robin Higgins (USMC Ret.), myself and the entire staff of OJC, Thank you, Gunny

If you are interested in becomiing a member of OJC, please go here .