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Not only should they have their pay and all applicable allotments sent to their next of kin but should have an amount equal to their base pay put away for themselves that they recieve when they are released and free to enjoy it. If disabilities were incurred by the POW while in captivity his/her pay should continue until full recovery is achieved from those disailities. Reparations from the offending government should also be available to released POW's to pay for any injuries that they may have suffered while in captivity. Reparations would also be paid to the tending doctors and medical facilities necessary to bring the former captive back to full health. If that medical care is given through the VA or US Government medical system those reparations should be paid to our government.
It should also be noted that too many times in the past has the US government won reparations through treaty aggreement but we have failed to collect.
Regulations are already in place within the Code of Federal Regulations to currently provide POW's with benefits and medical care and survivors benefits that are NOT as extensive and readily available to the majority of military veterans now.
I don't think that a "blank check" mentality of awarding monetary "compensation" should be applied to every single, individual case of a military veteran who may have been "classified" as a "POW" without some sort of thorough and complete investigation of their capture, surrender and length of internment.
Bluehawk
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