Vietnam War Veterans Celebrated on Their Day (Larry Friese)

Honoring a Local Veteran: Meet Michael & Ruth Lane

It was nearly 54 years ago, in 1966, when retired Air Force pilot, Col. Michael Lane was shot down in North Vietnam. He spent 2,270 days (nearly six and a half years) living in the Hoa Lo Prison camp, better known as the “Hanoi Hilton.” His first experience was being

The Story Behind the Story: An Inside Look at the Extraordinary True Events that Inspired ‘Glory Denied’ (Floyd Thompson)

Glory Denied is about the cost of war, in this case the Vietnam War, to an American family. But in many ways, it is also the story of our country’s painful growth in the 1960s and 70s. United States Army Colonel Floyd “Jim” Thompson, the longest held prisoner of war (POW)

Obituary for Albert Edwin Carlson, Vietnam POW

Col. (Ret.) Albert Edwin Carlson Ed Ca Carlson, 58, of Gig Harbor, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 7, 1999 at home after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Ed was born in Oakland, CA to Arthur E. and Lois L. Carlson. He L grew up on

‘A Victory,’ Nestande Says : Edison Miller Libel Suit Dismissed After 5 Years

After nearly five years of pretrial wrangling, an Orange County judge on Wednesday dismissed former Supervisor Edison W. Miller’s libel suit against his 1980 campaign foe, current Supervisor Bruce Nestande, and 29 former Vietnam prisoners of war. Superior Court Judge Judith M. Ryan ruled that Miller, accused of collaborating with

Thirty years ago, some 600 POWs finally came home (Tom Kobashigawa, William Thomas)

For nearly a year, Kailua resident Emilia Thomas never knew that her husband, a Marine Corps aviation observer, was alive after being shot down in Vietnam and being held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi. “That’s the only thing that still bothers me,” said retired Marine Chief Warrant Officer