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https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt15/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt15-5-3.pdf POW HONORED HON. FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN OF RHODE: ISLAND IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, June 13, 1973
Mr. STGERMAIN.
Mr. Speaker, at a Memorial Day dinner the people of Woonsocket, R.I.,
honored Marine Sgt. Dennis A. Tellier, former prisoner of war. It was a
happy occasion and an opportunity for the citizens of our community to
pay tribute to a man that we are proud of and regard as an inspiration.
I would like to include here for the benefit of my colleagues the text
of the keynote speech of the evening delivered by Brig. Gen. Edwin H.
Simmons, USMC. It is a straight-forward talk about the Vietnam war-an
unvarnished account that faces the grim costs in American lives and
heartbreak. It does not justify the war or argue its merits, but it does
defend and honor those Americans who fought in Vietnam. ... |
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/01/16/POWs-a-special-brotherhood/6885348469200/
POWs: a special brotherhood
By DONALD A. DAVIS, United Press
International | Jan. 16, 1981
...'You
have to remember, these people have been watched and scrutinized for a
whole year. What they're going to want is privacy, some time to be alone
with their families and friends,' said Dennis A. Tellier, 30, of
Woonsocket, R.I., who was held nearly four years by the Viet Cong after
his capture, at age 19, as a Marine sergeant. Often bound by ropes and
chains in solitary confinement, Tellier now is an insurance examiner
working on his master's degree.... |
