The Greatest American Heroes: A Friendship Forged During 5 Years as Prisoners of War (Isaiah McMillan)

‘There’s always hope’: Bay City veteran, prisoner of war shares story (Robert Hayhurst)

A Bay City army veteran shared his incredible story of survival as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Prisoners of war from Vietnam are gathering from all over the country to commemorate 50 years since a dinner at the White House. Before one brave Bay City army veteran flies to

Shot down over Vietnam, ex-POWs reuniting at Randolph (Stuart, Granger)

Maj. John Stuart had a big decision to make after turning his B-52D for an attack run over Hanoi. The bomber had taken some hits from enemy fighters. Surface-to-air missiles now were streaking toward it. The choice: Break off the bombing run and evade, or stay on course. Stuart stayed on course.

Fred Flom, a Menasha native who spent more than six years as a POW in Vietnam, dies at 80

Fred Flom, a Menasha native and a pilot who spent more than six years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, has died. Flom died June 23, according to his obituary. He was 80 years old. Flom grew up in Menasha as the youngest of four children. His family lived on

Former POW honored for Vietnam War service (William Byrns)

It was late in the day, William Byrns sat in an old bomb crater, covered in leaves and mud from the surrounding Vietnamese jungle. Byrns clutched his radio tightly, waiting for a response. When the response finally came, it was not what he wanted to hear, “We can’t get you

James Lollar, Together We Served

Jim Lollar was born on August 23, 1945, in Kilmichael, Mississippi. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on March 26, 1967, and was trained in Weapons Maintenance. He served a double-tour at Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam, first in aircraft armament, and then as a door-gunner from August 1967