Robert Russell Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class captured on September 28, 1965 in the Quang Nam province during the Vietnam War.

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  • Robert Russell Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class captured on September 28, 1965 in the Quang Nam province during the Vietnam War. Often cited as the last American POW from the Vietnam War, he was reportedly released in 1973 along with all other American POWs, but did not return to the United States until 1979 - having either volunteered or been forced into a work group to help repair a generator located at an unnamed "Island fortress" in North Vietnam, or in mainland labour camps as a driver and vehicle mechanic. Garwood is considered by the Department of Defense to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy after he was taken prisoner. Controversy arose over whether Garwood was an American POW abandoned by the military or a collaborator with the enemy North Vietnamese, if not an out-and-out traitor against the United States. In 1998, the Department of Defense officially changed his status from RETURNEE to AWOL/Deserter/Collaborator. Garwood accused the Department of Defense of trying to rewrite history to make him seem like a liar and downplay his claims both that he had seen other POWs "left behind" since 1973 and that he had been a prisoner for 14 years, although there are inconsistencies in his story In addition, there are many former POW's who claim to have witnessed Garwood collaborating with the enemy, though many also say he should not have been court martialed.
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  • Garwood, Bobby
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  • Robert Russell Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class captured on September 28, 1965 in the Quang Nam province during the Vietnam War.
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