A Comparison Group for the Navy Repatriated Prisoners of War from Vietnam: Selection Procedures Used and the Lessons Learned.

Abstract

There were 138 U.S. Navy prisoners of war repatriated from North Vietnam and returned to the United States during the period February through April 1973. These individuals had an extensive repatriation physical examination and annual physical examinations since their return to the United States. In 1974 authorization was obtained to select a matched comparison group for the 138 Navy repatriated prisoners of war. This (man for man) match was based on the use of nine variables: viz: (1) casualty date, (2) age, (3) year group, year of entry into the Navy, (4) job designator, (5) education, (6) marital status, (7) number of flight hours, (8) pay grade (rank), and (9) type of aircraft flown at time of shootdown. This report describes the details of the selection process and speculation as to why some invited comparison subjects declined to participate. The selection of a comparison group was effectively accomplished. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058100

Entities

People

  • James D. Phelan
  • Lester E. Murphy
  • Raymond C. Spaulding

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Biomedical Research
  • California
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • North Vietnam
  • Physical Examination (Medicine)
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Criminal Law
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Naval Personnel Management