Walking next to his father near a lake he fished as a boy, Navy Lieut. Markham Gartley looked up at the clear, blue sky and filled his lungs with crisp autumn air.
The 28‐year‐old pilot noted the colors of the northern Maine woods—the McIntosh reds of the sugar maples, the pumpkin yellow of the hardwood birch and the evergreens of spruce and balsam fir. The setting sun was riding low on the mountains, sending orange sparks across the wind‐rippled water.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Dan Maslowski piloted a helicopter shot down in Cambodia on May 2, 1970 during the Vietnam War. He never met young Staff Sgt. Bunyan Durant Price Jr., of Belmont, who went by the name “Junior,” but he may have shared Price’s last minutes. Price was listed
On March 15, a Dinner – Dance was held at the Santa Fe Elks Lodge to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of former Vietnam Prisoner Of War Juan Jacquez. Juan was one of the last American Prisoners released by the North Vietnamese after the signing of the Paris
To the North Vietnamese, Capt. James A. Mulligan Jr. had a “bad attitude.” As a result, he suffered heavily during his seven years in Hanoi prison. He spent 42 months in solitary confinement during the first four years, and for 16 of those months he was kept in a camp
They are pictured cooking, laughing, seated with their pets, standing with their wives. The photographs of 30 former Vietnam war POWs portray a comforting normalcy, though their common history is anything but. Most hold no anger or bitterness.
The bracelets are cuff-style. They come in a number of colors and can be made of a number of materials: silver, stainless steel, aluminum, copper. They are engraved and go by many names, depending on their exact reason for being: memorial bracelets, KIA bracelets, POW/MIA bracelets, hero bracelets. They have
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