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 into the savings to fund an exhibit honoring a living hero and fellow graduate, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Logan Francis.
Col. (Ret.) Albert Edwin Carlson Ed Ca Carlson, 58, of Gig Harbor, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 7, 1999 at home after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Ed was born in Oakland, CA to Arthur E. and Lois L. Carlson. He L grew up on
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
During 16 months spent as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, former U.S. Air Force pilot Ken Wells said the thing that sustained him most was his faith and acceptance of God. On Friday evening, Wells spoke at Ohio Valley University before a group of students and visiting veterans
For weeks the returned P.O.W.s had been stepping from “freedom birds” onto the television screens—most of them saluting crisply, walking smartly, looking physically fit and acting mentally alert. As the nation’s early apprehensions faded, a new idea set in: perhaps the P.O.W.s had been humanely treated after all. That illusion
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