The Department of Defense sponsored two related projects, the first provided funding for a six-month study focusing on American prisoner of funding for a six-month study focusing on American prisoner of war/missing-in-action (POW/MIA) issues from the Korean War. A second project expanded the scope and provided additional resources for research into whether American servicemen and civilians were transported to the territory of the Soviet Union or its allies during World War II, the early Cold War, as well as the original subject, the Korean War. The purpose of this study is to provide documentation from archive sources on the possible fate of unrepatriated U.S. POW/MIAs and to provide documentation of U.S. governmental efforts to obtain information on these individuals and their repatriation. An undetermined number of American POWs liberated by Soviet forces during World War II from Nazi Germany POW camps were not repatriated to the United States or otherwise accounted for by Soviet authorities. Information from Soviet archives indicates that Soviet Authorities deliberately misled U.S. officials concerning the fate of American POWs. The U.S. government made extensive efforts to locate and recover the remains of American buried in USSR territory. This report contains an update on the status of these graves. This report identifies 40. U.S. aircraft shot down by Soviet bloc forces during the early Cold War era.

This report consists of three volumes. Volume 1 addresses American prisoners of war (POW) and missing in action cases (MIA) who were not repatriated following the Korean War, with particular emphasis on whether any American servicemen were transferred to USSR territory during the war. Early Cold War incidents are examined to determine whether achieve materials indicate that American servicemen and civilians were held alive in USSR territory. Throughout Volume 1 the evolution of U.S. POW/MIA policy is documented as are U.S. government efforts to obtain a full accounting of missing American citizens. This report is documented extensively, in accordance with the guidance from the Department of Defense, so that other researchers may use it as reference work or as a guide to sources. This report is not intended, however, to be a comprehensive history of World War II, the Cold War, or the Korean War.

This report addresses American prisoners of war (POW) and missing in action cases (MIA) who were not repatriated following the Korean War, with particular emphasis on whether any American servicemen were transferred to USSR territory during the war. It examines whether American servicemen liberated by Soviet forces from Nazi German POW camps in the European theater of operations in World War II were not repatriated. It examines whether American aircrews in the Far East and European theaters were detained in USSR territory. Early Cold War incidents are examined to determine whether archive materials indicate that American servicemen and civilians were held alive in USSR territory. Volume 3, an appendix volume, contains a number of POW rosters, primary source documents, and other lists. It is intended to complement Volumes 1 and 2.

"QUOTE" Tens of thousands of America's WWII, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War military servicemen ended up as hostages secretly hijacked into the USSR. Today this regrettable saga is still one of America's most closely guarded secrets. As WWII ended Stalin captured all of Germany's eastern areas in which tens of thousands of captured American POWs were then being detained by Hitler's armed forces. Stalin secretly held them as hostages and denied any knowledge of them as the Cold War began. Their status unknown, Washington eventually declared them dead when in fact they were still alive in captivity. Thousands more were lost the same way when the Korean War ended: China and the USSR secretly exploited these hostages for intelligence purposes and then also disposed of them. Vietnam saw still more held back by Hanoi after that conflict ended, for the same reasons again. Today these abandoned sons, a few of whom may still be alive in captivity as you read this, are considered one of Washington's most closely guarded secrets. Now is time to expose this secret and end this unfortunate Cold War saga.

Reveals for the first time that top U.S. Officials made the determination to write off America's missing sons, secretly held hostage in the Soviet Union.

This volume addresses three issues: whether American servicemen liberated by Soviet forces from Nazi German POW camps in the European theater of operations in World War II were not repatriated, whether American aircrews in the Far East and European theaters were detained in USSR territory, and early Cold War incidents are examined to determine whether archive materials indicated that American servicemen and civilians were held alive in USSR territory.

Moscow Bound chronicles the sad, long history of the US government-Republicans and Democrats-abandoning our military personnel after all the major wars: World War 1, World War 2, Korea, and Vietnam.