The 42nd Air Base Wing renamed its courtroom in honor of a former prisoner of war, retired staff judge advocate and frequent speaker at Air University schools at a dedication ceremony held Oct. 25, 2017.
Retired Col. Henry “Hank” Fowler was on hand to formally dedicate The Fowler Courtroom, located on the second floor of the 42nd ABW headquarters building.
The morning he flew his 266th mission over Vietnam, Air Force Capt. Tony Marshall only knew the pilot in the seat in front of him, Capt. Steve Cuthbert, by reputation. Tall and thin with a shock of sandy blond hair, Cuthbert never suffered a lack of confidence flying the F-4
Their code was to return with honor. The inhumane treatment can hardly be understood by most of us. As prisoners of war in Vietnam, it was desperate at times after the torture, but Capt. Robert Biss says he always knew he was coming home.
Only in America can a former convict become a brigadier general. Former resident of the prison camp known as the Hanoi Hilton, then Capt. James Sehorn never imagined a lifelong relationship with the United States Air Force or rising to the rank of brigadier general. Now retired and living a
A physician now working in South Carolina is among those persons who can discuss torture from the personal perspective of having been its victim. Nearly 20 years ago, on Sept 4, 1966, Thomas M. McNish—then a fighter pilot in the US Air Force and still a professional military officer—was shot
TITLE: I WILL NEVER FORGET …. An Analysis of thethe POW/MIA Episode in the War in Southeast AsiaAuthor: Harold E. Johnson, Colonel, USAFA synoptic, personal analysis of the situationsassociated with those Americans lost in Southeast Asia(SEA) from 1962 to 1979 and considered as Prisoners of War(POW) or as missing in