The White House Salutes Our Prisoners of War – May 24, 1973
President Richard M. Nixon hosted 1,300 guests on The White House South Lawn for a celebratory dinner on May 24, 1973.
President Richard M. Nixon hosted 1,300 guests on The White House South Lawn for a celebratory dinner on May 24, 1973.
Ryan speaks with Navy Captain David Carey about his incredible experiences serving in Vietnam as a fighter pilot and being shot down and captured by North Vietnamese forces, how 2,022 days in captivity led to him embracing the teachings of Epictetus, why the community that he and his fellow POWs formed in prison saved them from depression, how he has been using his experiences to help others ever since, and more. David Carey is a
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) James E. Sehorn shares his experiences as a prisoner of war. He spent five-and-a-half years in POW camps during the Vietnam War
The veteran graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1969. He spent 25 months as a prisoner of war (POW) at the Zoo, Plantation Gardens, and Hilton prisoner camps in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This extraordinary, declassified U.S. Air Force documentary “Return With Honor” pays tribute to those servicemen who became prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. The film focuses on first hand accounts by POWs who describe their methods of resistance, maintaining mental toughness, and most incredibly the innovative communication techniques they developed and used while held captive. The circa 1973 picture opens with General John P. Flynn (mark 00:20), who spent five years as a POW