Bracelet unites Navy veteran and Air Force veteran taken as POW during the Vietnam Conflict (Robert Jeffrey)

A Prisoner of War bracelet from the 1970s has managed to unite a U.S. Navy veteran and an Air Force veteran on Mar. 3.

Lt. Col. Bob Jeffrey was taken as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam Conflict, and it was that bracelet that gave him hope during the hardest time of his life.

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