Posted on May 26, 2017
What does the Geneva Convention say is required information that a POW must give (add sources if possible)?
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I will be using this for an article. It used to be name rank and SSN. I retired the first time from the military in 1998. I am not current on dog tags.
Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape School - Level C (SERE) (Army)
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Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape (SERE) - ECAC (Air Force)
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"Every prisoner of war, when questioned on the subject, is bound to give only his surname, first names and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or failing this, equivalent information. "
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/instree/y3gctpw.htm
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/instree/y3gctpw.htm
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 75 U.N.T.S. 135, entered into...
The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respectfor the present Convention in all circumstances.
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I Knew There was a Damn Good Reason I never did get my Rate Tattooed on My Shoulder and I know Damn Right the First thing to do is Rip off my Rating Badge and Pitch It Over the Side, I'm a Cook! Concur SN Greg Wright CPO Allen D. (Al) B. PO1 Brian Carlson PO1 Brian Austin PO1 Tom Martin PO1 Craig Chadwick
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PO1 Craig Chadwick
Yeah, if there were a circumstance like being captured with the Pueblo, I'd have been trying not to be seen as a CT, but I'm not sure that would have worked given other documentation that might still be captured by the NKoreans. And I never got ANY tattoos so I was safe there. But I was never on a Pueblo or a Liberty or any other small boat or river boat duty so I didn't see capture as a big possibility.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 Craig Chadwick - Another Reason I liked being on the Mighty Ark, We Could Park 20 Miles Off Iran, Piss Them Off but they Knew Better than trying and do Much About It! 2 Bad it Took the Pueblo and the Liberty before they figured out Putting Us on Virtually Unarmed Vessels was a Bad Idea.
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