Our Daily Bread

A group of US military veterans has published the names of more than 300 people who falsely claim to have been prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict. For whatever reasons—recognition, respect, or perhaps financial gain—these phony POWs speak of places they’ve never been and experiences they’ve never had. But an association of former POWs says to them, “We’re on your trail and we’ll unmask you at the first opportunity.”