The Enemy In Your Hands

MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM

As a member of the U.S. military forces, you will comply with the Geneva Prisoner of War Conventions of 1949, to which your country adheres. Under these Conventions ...

You can and will:

disarm your prisoner;
immediately search him thoroughly;
require him to be silent;
segregate him from other prisoners;
guard him carefully;
take him to the place designated by your commander.

You cannot and must not:

mistreat your prisoner;
humiliate or degrade him;
take any of his personal effects which do not have significant military value;
refuse him medical treatment, if required and available.

Always treat your prisoner humanely.

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