The return of prisoners from the Vietnam War, called Operation Homecoming, began February 12, 1973 and ended March 29, 1973. A total of 591 men were returned to U.S. military representatives. As many as 2500 men were still being held as POWs after this release. According to the U.S. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, as of 1998, there are still "...2100 personnel who remain classified as MIA, remains not recovered or who are missing or unaccounted for.."

The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in American history. But the history of that conflict doesn`t tell us of the heartbreak and agony of families whose sons and daughters, husbands and brothers, remain missing long after that conflict. The remains of over 2,100 young men are still not recovered. For many, coffins with remains were returned and formal military services and funerals were held across America. These families mourned the loss of their loved ones. Their private war was over. Then there were the Missing In Action. For their parents, wives, and children, the conflict had not ended. In many ways, it had just begun.

REGRET TO INFORM YOU tells the stories of eight such families. Each have waited for closure for more than thirty years, and are still waiting.