Vietnam POWs honored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (William Thomas)

Honoring the late James “Duffy Hutton, Vietnam war hero

A local war hero is about to be laid to rest. Retired Navy Captain James “Duffy” Hutton spent years of his service as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before he settled down here in San Diego. Patrick Park, a retired captain of the U.S. Navy knew Captain

MVVM hosts Vietnam POW Guy Gruters

Remember the Vietnam War and 1973? Probably not, but Air Force fighter pilot Captain Guy Dennis Gruters does. After being held as a prisoner of war for five plus years, including time in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, he was repatriated to the U.S. in 1973 along with 591 surviving POWs.

Traitors or patriots? Eight Vietnam POWs were charged with collaborating with the enemy.

The six young servicemen, fresh from the prison camps of North Vietnam, stood at attention, saluted and wept as their comrade was lowered into his grave that Monday in a Denver cemetery. Marine Corps Sgt. Abel Larry Kavanaugh, 24, had been like a brother to them and before he had

Vietnam POW retells his tale (Donald Heiliger)

A prisoner of war for seven years, a University of Wisconsin alum spoke to a group of UW Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets Tuesday, telling a jarring tale of courage, honor and service. Originally trained as a navigator, Col. Don Heiliger became an official pilot when the Air

Vietnam To Allow U.S. Team To Hunt For Missing 1,758

The United States and Vietnam have agreed to make a joint effort to resolve the lingering question of the 1,758 American military men still unaccounted for in Vietnam, American officials said today. The State Department said American and Vietnamese officials had just held four days of talks in Hanoi and