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Armed with the sample bracelets, we set out to find someone who would donate money to make bracelets, although our advisor was able to find small shop in Santa Monica that did engraving on silver used to decorate horses. The owner agreed to make sample bracelets. can remember us sitting around in Gloria Coppins kitchen with the engraver on the telephone, as we tried to figure out what we would put on the bracelets.

To information about name on bracelet. Write to DPMO and ask them about contacting the family or returning bracelet to the family. was the National Chairman of the POWMIA Bracelet Campaign for VIVA Voices In Vital America, the Los Angeles based student organization that produced and distributed the bracelets during the Vietnam War. Entertainers Bob Hope and Martha Raye served with me as honorary cochairmen.

We decided this seemed like fair price to ask from student for one of the nickelplated bracelets. We also made copper ones for adults who believed they helped their tennis elbow. Again, according to our logic adults could pay more, so we would request 3. 00 for the copper bracelets. Carols article on the origin of the bracelets. While Steve Frank and ended up dropping out of college to work for VIVA full time to administer the bracelet and other POWMIA programs, none of us got rich off the bracelets.

On Veterans Day, 11, we officially kicked off the bracelet and other POWMIA programs, none of us got rich off the bracelets. VIVAs adult advisory group, headed by Gloria Coppin, was adamant that we would not have highly paid professional staff. As recall the highest salary was 15,000, year and we were able to keep administrative costs to less than percent of income. The idea for the bracelets was started by fellow college student, Kay Hunter, and me, as way to remember American prisoners of war suffering in captivity in Southeast Asia.

During that time Bob Dornan wore bracelet he had obtained in Vietnam from hill tribesmen, which he said always reminded him of the suffering the war had brought to so many. We wanted to similar bracelets to wear to remember US POWs, so rather naively, we tried to figure out what we would put on the bracelets. This is why they carried only name, rank and date of loss, since we didnt have time to think of anything else. We decided this seemed like fair price to ask from student for one of the nickelplated bracelets.