Acting to Aid the Forgotton Men.

The article focuses on the policy of the U.S. administration under President Richard M. Nixon to free prisoners of war (POW) in Vietnam. It discusses steps taken by Nixon to put diplomatic pressure on Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, to release POW. When U.S. intelligence recommended a P.O.W. camp at Son Tay, Nixon gave a go-ahead for planning the operation without actually authorizing the mission. The Pentagon assigned Brigadier General LeRoy Manor, head of air commandos at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Colonel Arthur Simons, an ex-Green Beret then stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to lead what became known as Joint Contingency Task Group Ivory Coast.