Kerry: Deserters Among Sightings
Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand —
Soldiers who deserted during the Vietnam War may account for a number of sightings of Americans in Indochina after prisoners of war were returned in 1973, a U.S. senator said Sunday.
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said at a news conference that there was evidence of “a significant enough number” of deserters to take into account when evaluating reports of sightings.
Kerry and four other members of the Senate Select Committee on POW-MIA Affairs are scheduled to begin a visit today to Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
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