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Bowe Bergdahl: America's Last Prisoner of War by Michael Hastings | Politics News | ... Page 14 of 14. unit, and among Bowe's family. Over Memorial Day weekend, Bob and Jani Bergdahl traveled to Washington, D.C. A POW-advocacy organization called Rolling Thunder had asked Bob to give a. speech at the group's annual gathering at the National Mall, the famous park across from the U.S Capitol that hosted some of the most powerful anti-war demonstrations of the Vietnam War. The parents accepted the invitation out of desperation. Bob has considered going over to Pakistan - he's. grown a bushy beard, and he has sent his own YouTube video, directed at the Taliban, asking for his.. son's release. "I'll talk to them," he says. "I'll bring him home myself." Bob and Jani had thought they might meet the president during their trip to Washington, but that didn't happen. Instead, Bob took to the microphone to speak directly to America, and, perhaps, to his son. In front of the podium crouched a man in a bamboo tiger cage, a symbolic piece of theater the organization presents each year to remind everyone of prisoners of war from another era.. "My son is not in a cage, but he is in chains," Bob said. "Bowe, if you can hear me, you are not forgotten, and so help me God, we will bring you home. Your family has not forgotten you, your hometown has not forgotten you, Idaho has not forgotten you, and thanks to all the people here, Washington, D.C., will not forget you." When he was finished, he grasped the hand of the man in the tiger cage. The man looked startled. It seemed like a long time since anyone had stepped forward to acknowledge he was there. Matthew Farwell, a former soldier who deployed to Afghanistan, contributed additional reporting to. this story. This is from the June 21st, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/americas-last-prisoner-of-war-20120607 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/americas-last-prisoner-of-war-20120607?print-t... 8/8/2013