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

A Bay City army veteran shared his incredible story of survival as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Prisoners of war from Vietnam are gathering from all over the country to commemorate 50 years since a dinner at the White House. Before one brave Bay City army veteran flies to California on Sunday, May 21 to mark the occasion, he sat down with TV5′s Hannah Jewell to share his story.

Not many people can say they survived as many close calls as Vietnam veteran Robert Hayhurst.

During the war, Hayhurst has been deployed to the city of Hue, in South Vietnam when the North Vietnamese captured the city.

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