SCARS & STRIPES…
…are what came to Navy Captain Eugene “Red” McDaniel after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam. For six years he was a prisoner of the brutal Communists, and for all six years he found strength over despair through the power of God.
Here, Colonel Halllooks back, reflecting 30 years later on his years in a prisoner of war cell. And, He answers the question: was it worth it? Was the war against the communists in North Vietnam worth seven years of his life, and the lives of thousands of other young Americans.
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When Lt. Colonel Ballard, a USAF jet pilot on a military mission over North Vietnam, was shot down in September 1966, his first thought was for his wife: Ruth, I’m sorry. It’s going to be a long time… Shortly afterward he was captured by North Vietnamese soldiers and interred as
James “Jim” Mulligan’s story of his capture, imprisonment, and torment as a POW is a testimony to his, and other POW’s, heroic sacrifice for their country. Post Views: 613
Seven years a POW in North Vietnam – The heroic story of a former POW and his wife and the faith that sustained them. Illustrated. Post Views: 521
