Creation: 12 April 2024

General Note: 10:30 AM: Session 2
Session 2C
The POW Myth and Other Misrepresentations of the Vietnam War in American
Popular Culture
Commentator/Moderator: Dr. Erin McCoy, University of South Carolina Beaufort
The (Literally) Invisible Vietnam Veteran: POW/MIA Mythology in The X-Files
Kerstin A. Tuttle, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota
Olof Palme, Sweden and the American Prisoners-of-War in North Vietnam
Lubna Qureshi, Ph.D., Independent Scholar
The Trouble with Laos: Henry Kissinger's Missteps and the Birth of The MIA
Controversy
Taylor Kiland and Judy Gray, coauthors of Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought
to Ensure No Man is Left Behind
Location: Rooms 3 & 4

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4474

Citation: 1974: Shattered Peace, Continued Conflict, and Preparing for the Final Battle for Vietnam - 2024 Conference, Institute for Peace and Conflict / Vietnam Center and Archive - Session 2C The POW Myth and Other Misrepresentations of the Vietnam War in American Popular Culture, 999VI4474. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4474, Accessed 07 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line: 999VI4474, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive