Union Bridge POW Being Freed Friday

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drabic of Union Bridge received more good news Tuesday. Their son, Eddie, will be released from the Viet Cong and flown out of Hanoi Friday. Sgt.

Eddie Drabic was listed as “missing in action” since 1968, being captured only four days after he arrived in Vietnam. For four and a half years the Drabics, of Lightner St., did not know if their son was dead or alive. The Drabic’s family assistance officer, Captain Raymond Henry of Western Maryland College said Sgt. Drabic was captured while on a combat patrol. Apparently an enemy patrol ran into Sgt.

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