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During the month of December, the 63rd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber ... “Of the 1,781 POWs aboard, all of them escaped the sinking ship but were not rescued by the Japanese.
As an Army medic, Jim Kulsrud spent three tough years in Vietnam. And ever since he returned from the war, he's flown a POW flag outside his home to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action.
Cook escaped from the POW camp, but only in his dreams ... he tussled to be taken out to salute and touch the American flag with his left hand — he couldn’t use his right.
Days after his administration was questioned for not having the POW/MIA flag on top of the state Capitol, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the flag will return and remain through his time in office.
The town of Hamburg, New York, is divided after some veterans expressed anger after a POW/MIA flag was taken down at the town hall around the same time a Pride flag was raised on June 2 ...
"Prior to the ceremony, it became apparent that the POW/MIA flag was frayed and tattered and in need of replacement," the Town of Hamburg Supervisor said Sunday afternoon in a statement.
A Washington state mayor scolded an LQBTQ+ activist who was outraged that the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag was allowed to fly over City Hall but the Pride flag was not. Newcastle Mayor ...
He also escaped three times, leading him to become what is believed to be the only soldier to fight for the both U.S. and Russian armies during the war. While a POW, Beyrle was not only beaten ...
Andrew, of the 2nd Battalion of The Black Watch, was shot and killed, aged 27, while trying to escape from a work camp ... “I received a copy of Andrew’s PoW record from the National Archives.
Mary Hoff sparked the idea for what is now the POW/MIA flag, which was raised Friday morning outside JFRD Fire Station 47 on Ethel Road on the city’s Northside, across from the Jacksonville ...