Tom Norris: Air Force veteran shares POW story
For nearly six years, Colonel Tom Norris was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, now he’s sharing his story.
For nearly six years, Colonel Tom Norris was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, now he’s sharing his story.
Larry Spencer was born and raised in Earlham, Iowa. He joined the Navy in 1963 and became an F-4 Phantom backseater. He was over the Gulf of Tonkin on February 18, 1966 when his plane was shot down. Larry spent the next 7 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. This story explains how he endured the uncertainty of his situation by keeping a positive attitude and above all, his faith.
Captured and at the mercy of an increasingly cruel enemy, German-born US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler was left with no choice but to attempt a daring escape from the Pathet Lao prison camp in which he was being held during the Vietnam War. The fateful decision was made only after he and six other POWs had overheard plans to get rid of them as soon as the guards ran out of food. Dieter would choose
Book: Locked Up With God – Amazon; I was shot down and rescued the first time with Capt Charlie Neel. The USAF sent now Major Charlie Neel and his wonderful wife Linda to bring my wife Sandy to meet the aircraft that flew us home from North Vietnam to Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. There the video starts as I meet my youngest brother, Peter, my Dad, my Mom, my sisters Mary Ann, Jeannie and
