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The Code of Conduct is an "ethical guide" and a United States Department of Defense guideline that contains six articles to members of the United States Armed Forces. The Code of Conduct addresses how they should act in combat when they must "evade capture, resist while a prisoner or escape from the enemy." The six articles or obligations that are in the Code of Conduct are:
Al Erickson, chief of operational support at the Joint Survival said, "Unlike the Geneva Conventions, which are an international legal guide regarding POWs, the Code of Conduct is a moral guide. If you follow it, it enables you to best serve yourself, the nation and your fellow POWs." Since all of the US soldiers in the Vietnam War followed these guidelines, they were treated terribly by the Vietnam soldiers in prison camps. |