Statement of Mrs. Joan M. Vinson, March 23, 1971

Vinson, whose husband U.S. Air Force Colonel Bobby Vinson had been missing in action since April of 1968, spoke before the U.S. House Foreign Relations Committee about the suffering of American prisoners held in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. She criticized the U.S. government for not doing enough to bring these men home and urged leaders to take stronger action.