SFC Harry L. Ettmueller, USA, was the Chief Engineer at Hue, 1967-68. He was captured by the North Vietnamese during the TET ’68 offensive on February 5, 1968 and remained a POW until March 5, 1973.
I have not been able to find Harry’s obituary, which is what I would normally place here. In lieu of same, here are Bob Morecook’s and John Bagwell’s messages of February 14 & 15, 2020, notifying everyone of Harry’s passing. The are then followed by a number of other messages of condolence.
The Story Behind the Story: An Inside Look at the Extraordinary True Events that Inspired ‘Glory Denied’ (Floyd Thompson)
Glory Denied is about the cost of war, in this case the Vietnam War, to an American family. But in many ways, it is also the story of our country’s painful growth in the 1960s and 70s. United States Army Colonel Floyd “Jim” Thompson, the longest held prisoner of war (POW)
