Given that he did not have a lawful visa to be visting North Vietnam at the time, as america was not issuing such, and he has not claimed to have access to any other national passport, there is the question as to why he should have been deemed a POW, and not one more Illegal Immigrant trying to take away the high paying jobs from the north vietnamese....
Be careful how you answer, as you may have to deal with the Military Commission Standards....
