In a ceremony hosted by the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society and the JB MDL leadership, 18 former POWs of the Vietnam War were honored for their service and bravery recognizing the passing of forty years since their repatriation in 1973. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Francis Anton, Maj. Gen. John Borling, Cmdr.
Only a month earlier, they were prisoners of war. Since their release, Navy Lieut. Robert Frishman and Seaman Douglas Hegdahl have been recuperating at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. The third released P.W., Air Force Captain Wesley Rumble, 26, whose fighter-bomber went down over Quang Binh province in
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
Brought down by a faulty fuze on his wingman’s bomb, Tom Moe survived more than five years as a POW in North Vietnam.
The Bartlesville Area History Museum received a unique remembrance for its permanent gallery from graduates of a local College-High School class on Thursday. The Wildcat class of 1961 typically uses its “flower fund” to send condolences and flowers to classmates who have lost loved ones. But the former students dipped