This Prisoner of War/Missing In Action (POW/MIA) bracelet was found, with Louisiana native Air Force Tech Sergeant Charlie Poole's name engraved on it.

This POW/MIA bracelet was returned, via help from the internet, to the family of TSgt Poole (Facebook)
This POW/MIA bracelet was returned, via help from the internet, to the family of TSgt Poole (Facebook)
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It was found by Jim Mulso of Michingan using a metal detector, and, with the use of the internet, the bracelet is now in the Poole family's possession.

A POW bracelet (or POW/MIA bracelet) is a nickel-plated or copper commemorative bracelet engraved with the name, rank, and loss date of an American serviceman captured or missing during the Vietnam War.

Wikipedia goes on to say that the bracelets were first created in May 1970 by a group of students, in the hopes that American POWs in Vietnam be remembered.  The bracelets were worn until the missing soldiers had been accounted for.  At that time, the person wearing the bracelet would return it to the family.

Between 1970 and 1976 approximately 5 million bracelets were distributed.

Mulso put a picture of the bracelet on his Facebook page, in hopes that someone knew the family of Poole, so that the bracelet could be sent to them.  Not long after Mulso posted the photo, someone responded with information they had found on the Arlington National Cemetery website.  Using this information, Mulso was able to find the survivors of Poole in Bossier City, Louisiana, and the bracelet was promptly sent to the family.

Mulso and his internet friends found the family members of TSgt Charlie Poole, who was listed as MIA in Vietnam, and promptly sent the bracelet to them. (Facebook)
Mulso and his internet friends found the family members of TSgt Charlie Poole, who was listed as MIA in Vietnam, and promptly sent the bracelet to them. (Facebook)
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The official account of Charlie Poole's disappearance and recovery from the Arlington website:

19 December 2003:

Exactly 31 years after his plane was shot down in Vietnam, Air Force Master Sergeant Charlie Poole of Gibsland, Louisiana, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday.

Poole was the tail gunner one of six crew members on a B-52 conducting a bombing run of Hanoi when his craft was struck by an enemy surface-to-air missile and crashed about six miles southwest of Hanoi on December 19, 1972, the Department of Defense said.

Four crew members parachuted from the plane and were captured and held as prisoners of war until March 1973. They reported that Poole and Major Richard W. Cooper Jr. had been unable to eject from the craft, according to the DOD. They were listed as missing in action.

During in 1997, U.S. investigators of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command found items that were determined to be the B-52 wreckage. Cooper's Captain's insignia near the wreckage led investigators to identify Cooper; DNA samples were used to identify Poole. The identifications were confirmed this year. - Arlington National Cemetery Website

A photo of Charlie Poole, from the Virtual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website (vvmf.org)
A photo of Charlie Poole, from the Virtual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website (vvmf.org)
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If you are in possession of a POW/MIA bracelet, it's a good idea to periodically check to see if there have been any developments.  You can start by searching the internet for the name printed on the bracelet.  I am sure it will do the family good to know that someone, other than themselves, held hope for their missing loved one.

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