Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Russell Garwood (born 1 April 1946 in Greensburg, Indiana) is a former Vietnam War prisoner of war (POW). Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class when he was captured on September 28, 1965 at DaNang, in Quang Nam province during the war.Often cited as the last American POW from the Vietnam War, Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly released in 1973 along with all other American POWs. However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.Garwood is listed either as having volunteered or been forced into a work group repairing a generator at Lien Trai I, one of the Yen Bai reeducation camps near Hoang Lien San Mountain in northern Vietnam. Other reports describe him as working at an unnamed "island fortress" in Thác Bà Lake, North Vietnam, or having been kept behind in mainland labor camps as a driver and vehicle mechanic.Garwood was judged by the Department of Defense (DoD) to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy. In 1998, the Department of Defense changed Garwood's status from RETURNEE to AWOL/Deserter/Collaborator.Garwood has repeatedly denied the charges of collaboration. Garwood has also accused the Department of Defense of trying to rewrite history to make him seem like a liar to downplay his 1984 claims: Garwood claims he had seen other POWs "left behind" after 1973 and that he had been held prisoner for 14 years, though there are inconsistencies in his story. Many former POWs claim to have witnessed Garwood apparently collaborating with the enemy, though most say he should not have been court-martialed. Nevertheless, the Marine Corps convicted Garwood of collaboration, reduced him in rank to Private, and dishonorably discharged him from the Corps; as a result, he forfeited all back pay.In June of 1992, a U.S. task force examined the sites where Garwood claimed to have seen live U.S. prisoners, interviewed nearby residents, and met with Vietnamese officials. But it reported that "no evidence could be found to suggest that there are, or ever were, any live U.S. POWs" there.. }
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- Robert_R._Garwood abstract "Robert Russell Garwood (born 1 April 1946 in Greensburg, Indiana) is a former Vietnam War prisoner of war (POW). Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class when he was captured on September 28, 1965 at DaNang, in Quang Nam province during the war.Often cited as the last American POW from the Vietnam War, Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly released in 1973 along with all other American POWs. However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.Garwood is listed either as having volunteered or been forced into a work group repairing a generator at Lien Trai I, one of the Yen Bai reeducation camps near Hoang Lien San Mountain in northern Vietnam. Other reports describe him as working at an unnamed "island fortress" in Thác Bà Lake, North Vietnam, or having been kept behind in mainland labor camps as a driver and vehicle mechanic.Garwood was judged by the Department of Defense (DoD) to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy. In 1998, the Department of Defense changed Garwood's status from RETURNEE to AWOL/Deserter/Collaborator.Garwood has repeatedly denied the charges of collaboration. Garwood has also accused the Department of Defense of trying to rewrite history to make him seem like a liar to downplay his 1984 claims: Garwood claims he had seen other POWs "left behind" after 1973 and that he had been held prisoner for 14 years, though there are inconsistencies in his story. Many former POWs claim to have witnessed Garwood apparently collaborating with the enemy, though most say he should not have been court-martialed. Nevertheless, the Marine Corps convicted Garwood of collaboration, reduced him in rank to Private, and dishonorably discharged him from the Corps; as a result, he forfeited all back pay.In June of 1992, a U.S. task force examined the sites where Garwood claimed to have seen live U.S. prisoners, interviewed nearby residents, and met with Vietnamese officials. But it reported that "no evidence could be found to suggest that there are, or ever were, any live U.S. POWs" there.".