Tallahassee veteran Dale Doss remembers time as POW with Sen. John McCain

Local chaplain Azar delivers prayer at POW return anniversary (Day, Dutton, Hubbard, Webb, Gray, Keith Hall)

U.S. Air Force (Retired) Chaplain Thomas Azar delivered the opening prayer Thursday evening at a ceremony in Shalimar, Fla. to honor American troops captured in the Vietnam War and brought back home 50 years ago. “The Elks, VFW groups, are sponsoring the 50–year anniversary when the U.S. government and the

In Enemy Hands (Harlan Chapman)

In 1972, the return of missing and captured soldiers

Beloit’s native son, Vietnam POW shares heart and soul of defending freedom (Ron Mastin)

The engineered violence U.S. Air Force pilots Ron Mastin and Tom Storey felt ejecting from an F-4 Phantom at 500 miles per hour was more shocking than impact of North Vietnamese ordinance that sent their jet crashing to the ground on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. On Mastin’s 34th aerial reconnaissance

Perils Of Wisdom (Harold Monlux)

Trying to finish unpacking from a recent move, I first came upon a box that held the last saved treasures of my past; my L.P.N. name tag from my first career as a nurse, the mouthpiece from the french horn I played from 3rd through 12th grade, (not my idea),

TOWN TURNS OUT TO GREET A P.O.W. (Richard Perricone)

Sgt, Richard Perricone’s hometown gave him a rousing welcome today — something they had been waiting to do for more than six years. Uniondale Avenue, the main thoroughfare, was lined with American flags and banners were strung across the street proclaiming “Welcome Home, Richard.” And as the fire chief’s red