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CASE SYNOPSIS: MORRISON, JOSEPH CASTLEMAN
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Name: Joseph Castleman Morrison
Rank/Branch: Colonel USAF
Unit:
Date of Birth: 13 November 1930
Home City of Record: Lexington KY
Loss Date: 25 November 1968
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 172000N 1061200E
Status (in 1973): Prisoner of War
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Other Personnel In
Incident: San D. Francisco (missing)
Remarks: VOICE CONTACT ON GROUND
SYNOPSIS: Colonel Joseph Morrison and Major San D. Francisco were flying an
F4D aircraft when it was lost on November 25, 1968. Both officers safely
ejected from the plane and established radio contact on the ground with
recovery forces. Their parachutes were spotted with 700 meters of a North
Vietnamese encampment.
Contact with Francisco was lost within a half hour. Morrison evaded
successfully throughout the night, and re-established radio contact on the
following day. Recovery was prevented, primarily by weather, and voice and
beeper contact was lost. Both Morrison and Francisco were placed in Prisoner
of War Status and expected to be released in 1973 when 591 Americans were
freed from North Vietnamese prisons.
A later coordination of records showed that Francisco and Morrison were both
listed as Missing (not Prisoner) by Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air
Force, while JCRC (Thailand) carried both Francisco and Morrison as Prisoner
(not missing). JCRC was ordered to "delete any references pertaining to PW
status" in Francisco's case. No order was issued at that time to change
Morrison's status. The reasons behind the order are unclear.
Thousands of reports of Americans alive in the hands of the Vietnamese have
been received by the U.S. since the end of the war. Many government officials
state that they believe Americans are currently being held against their will
in Southeast Asia. The question is, who are they, and how will we bring them
home? Is one of them Joseph Morrison?