Data · dataset · 2007
Repatriated American Prisoners of War File
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The agency compiled these data on repatriated prisoners of war from three agency administered systems, the Beneficiary Identification and Records Location System (BIRLS), Compensation and Pension System (C&P), and the Patient Treatment File (PTF).
Description
Additional information was compiled from records at the Department of Defense and National Archives and Records Service. The agency used these data to prepare the report "POW: Study of Former Prisoners of War" in accordance with provisions of Se ction 305 of the Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-479, enacted October 18, 1978).
This series contains data on repatriated prisoners of war (POWs) from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the USS Pueblo incident. The records contain information on their military service, captivity, pension status, and medical history. The records include the name of POW, service number, claim number, Social Security number, length of service, branch of service, degree of disability and diagnostic codes, date of capture, period of captivity, and name of POW camp.
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This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.
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Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl%3A1902.5%2F1128356 ↗
landing page · from Harvard Dataverse
- Persistent identifier hdl.handle.net/1902.5/1128356 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from Harvard Dataverse
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API dataverse.harvard.edu/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=hdl%3A1902.5%2F1128356 ↗
metadata API · from Harvard Dataverse
Provenance · 1 source records, 6 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| Harvard Dataverse | hdl:1902.5/1128356 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| created_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 |