### Question
How is the term prisoner of war defined?


### Answer
The term **prisoner of war** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2005* as the following:

> any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was held as a prisoner of war for any period of time during the Vietnam conflict by any force hostile to the United States, except any such member who, at any time, voluntarily, knowingly, and without duress, gave aid to collaborated with, or in any manner served, such hostile force

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2005*
  - Heading: **WAR CLAIMS > ACT JULY 3, 1948, CH. 826, 62 STAT. 1240 > TITLE I**

