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Former Vietnam War POW recalls time in captivity (Norman McDaniel)

The Unity Masonic Lodge honored veterans this week with a dinner, a presentation on the history of America’s flag and a speech from retired Air Force Col. Norman McDaniel, a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than six years. The flag presentation, “building the flag,” was given by members of

40 Years Later: An Interview with a Former Vietnam POW (Willard Gideon)

Col. Will Gideon, former 437th Supply Squadron commander, who spent nearly seven years locked deep within the jungles of North Vietnam as a POW. Through the darkness, Gideon never lost his light.

One of these Vietnam War POWs spent 10 months in a ‘tiger cage.’ What happened to the other was even worse (Mark Smith, Wallingford)

Staff Sgt. Ken Wallingford had only days left to serve in the US Army when he found himself trapped – and seconds away from being burned alive. He’d spent the previous night hiding in a bunker with another soldier at a base that had been overrun by the North Vietnamese

POW/MIA Chair of Honor dedicated in Memorial Stadium (William Austin, Robert Fant, Samuel Vaughn)

Three former Vietnam prisoners of war, all Clemson University graduates, gathered under a light rain on Veterans Day Friday with a crowd of fellow veterans, alumni, community members and current Clemson ROTC cadets to dedicate a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor in the east end of

Vietnam War 50th Anniversary: POW Charles Brown highlights Westover’s historic role at Great New England Air Show breakfast (Padgett)

For Charles A. Brown Jr., his story is less important than those of the people with whom he served at Westover Air Reserve Base. “Everyone’s heard my story,” the now retired Air Reserve colonel says. In a nutshell, Brown’s story goes something like this: Young man from Greater Boston joins the

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Former Vietnam War POW recalls time in captivity (Norman McDaniel)

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One of these Vietnam War POWs spent 10 months in a ‘tiger cage.’ What happened to the other was even worse (Mark Smith, Wallingford)

POW/MIA Chair of Honor dedicated in Memorial Stadium (William Austin, Robert Fant, Samuel Vaughn)

Vietnam War 50th Anniversary: POW Charles Brown highlights Westover’s historic role at Great New England Air Show breakfast (Padgett)

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