As a teenager, Senator Jerry Moran says he watched how Vietnam Veterans were treated when they returned home and when elected to office he made the decision to do everything he could do to make sure they were given the honors they are due. On May 24th, 1973, when nearly 600 Prisoners of War in Vietnam were returned to the U. S., President and Mrs. Nixon hosted the largest dinner in White House history – then and now – in honor of the released Vietnam POW’s. On May 24, 2023, exactly 50 years later, nearly 200 of those POW’s dined in the Nixon Library’s White House East Room replica and recreated that dinner, down to the menu items and centerpieces.
Moran, now the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs, introduced a bipartisan, Resolution to honor the extraordinary sacrifice and service of the approximately 766 members of the Armed Forces held captive during the Vietnam War. The Resolution recognizes the 50th anniversary of the homecoming of those vets.
