Former POW Ralph Galati ’70 Found Purpose in Service

Vietnam POW seeks healing at infamous Hanoi Hilton (James W. Williams)

When retired Lt. Col. James W. Williams returned to Southeast Asia this past fall, to the site of the worst 313 days of his life, the last thing he expected to find was himself. For a period spanning 1972-1973, Williams, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, was a prisoner at

Vietnam To Allow U.S. Team To Hunt For Missing 1,758

The United States and Vietnam have agreed to make a joint effort to resolve the lingering question of the 1,758 American military men still unaccounted for in Vietnam, American officials said today. The State Department said American and Vietnamese officials had just held four days of talks in Hanoi and

The Cuban Program: Torture Of American Prisoners By Cuban Agents (David Duart)

Thursday, November 4, 19994House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, Washington, D.C. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman (Chairman of the Committee) Presiding. Chairman Gilman. The Committee will come to order. Members please take their seats.

Professor emeritus releases Vietnam war documentary (Phillip Kientzler)

Indiana University professor emeritus Ron Osgood was drafted into the Vietnam War in 1968, but his time in the Navy didn’t fully shape his understanding of the war. That came some four decades later, when Osgood began production on his 2010 PBS documentary “My Vietnam, Your Iraq.” This year, he

The incredible saga of a 3-sport Rutgers hero who spent 8 years as a POW (Raymond Vohden)

The U.S. Air Force Starlifter touched down at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines on Feb. 12, 1973. The eyes of the nation looked on as 115 prisoners of war returned to the United States military facility. Near the front of the pack stood Raymond Vohden, a 42-year old