It’s an indelible image of the Vietnam era: George Alan Rose, then 30, stands on a rain-slicked tarmac. The Air Force fighter pilot has just been released from captivity in North Vietnam. His wife, Becky, wraps her arms around him. Their son, Glen, gazes up at his father and reaches for him.
Rose is 80 now, but that reunion at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on March 31, 1973, captured by an Associated Press photographer, is still fresh in his mind half a century later.
On October 1, Thomas Pyle ’53 shared his story about coming to CFS as a 12-year-old from Wilmington, DE, and how the discipline, work and faith he learned at the school helped him through 6 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
I was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines in February 1973. I was fortunate to be able towitness the return of the POW’s as they were brought to Clark Air Base from Hanoi after release fromvarious camps across the country.There were seven dates in February and March 1973
Allan Carpenter celebrated his 40th rebirthday on Monday, March 4. His actual birthday is this coming Tuesday. But it’s due to that rebirthday that he’s here this day to celebrate all things in life with family and friends. On March 4, 1973, Carpenter’s six years as a prisoner of war
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
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