‘There’s always hope’: Bay City veteran, prisoner of war shares story (Robert Hayhurst)

David B. Grant: Phantom Pilot and Prisoner of War

On June 24, 1972, U.S. Air Force Captain David B. Grant was flying a mission couple posing for picturefrom Thailand into conflict-ridden North Vietnam when his F-4 Phantom took a direct hit and exploded. The fuselage was separating when both Grant and his “back-seater,” Bill, ejected through the fireball. They

From a POW wristband, a journey surfaces with many twists (Glenn Wilson)

It was an unusual treasure the Stevenson Creek dredging contractor found – a Vietnam-era prisoner of war (POW) wristband. Employees of Gator Dredging of Clearwater, Florida discovered the bracelet when their hydraulic barge’s hose sucked it from the creek during dredging operations. “It traveled through approximately 500 yards of pipe

Local servicemen to be inducted into Hall of Valor (Sawhill)

Two men with local connections will be among the next inductees at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust’s Joseph A. Dugan Hall of Valor induction ceremony Sunday. U.S. Air Force Col. Robert R. Sawhill of Carnegie and U.S. Army Tech Sgt. Angelo Speggen of Masontown will be

A Prisoner Of War Recounts His Story Of Survival In Vietnam (Denny Moore)

Shot down in the early days of the Vietnam War, Lt. Commander Denny Moore endured seven and a half years in eight different North Vietnam prisons including three internments in the infamous Hoa Lo – dubbed “The Hanoi Hilton” by the POWs. Denny Moore has kept his personal story to

Did Hanoi Jane Pass Notes Handed to Her by US POWs to Vietnamese Captors? (Larry Carrigan)

Those of you who caught me on The O’Reilly Factor last night might be wondering that very question, as it became the sticking point between the Big O and yours truly. Here’s the discussion of the matter from the widely hailed and authoritative site Snopes.com: The most serious accusations…, that Fonda turned over