
Admiral Denton Homecoming Speech
Jeremiah Denton delivers a few words on the tarmac after his release in 1973

Jeremiah Denton delivers a few words on the tarmac after his release in 1973

Vietnam Prisoners of War recall their experiences and the inspirational story of how they not only survived their imprisonment, but found growth and gratitude afterwards. Their stories are juxtaposed with those of recent Naval Academy Midshipmen who are facing the COVID pandemic and applying those same foundational values to their own experiences.

Communist East German made propaganda film about American Prisoners of War held by the North Vietnamese.

Dave Carey talks about his experience as a POW for 5 1/2 years during the Vietnam war.

Prisoner in Vietnam. The Dewey Wayne Waddell story of how he ended up being a prisoner at the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Dewey Wayne Waddell was taken captive after his F-105 Thunderchief was shot down by Vietnamese communist fighters in 1967, and he was released many years later, in 1973. North Vietnam’s treatment of American airmen shot down and captured over North Vietnam was a subject of controversy and concern throughout the Vietnam War. From the