POW/MIA

TERRA Search Promise has been completing POW/MIA research, recovery, and repatriation missions since October 2020.

Sergeant Tillman Rutledge was a POW for three years and survived the Bataan death march. Back home, he was a VA volunteer for 37 years.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leo Martin “Marty” Schlocker, who was a prisoner of war during World War II.

Air Force Veteran James Crew was a bombardier and navigator during the Vietnam War and was declared Missing in Action on November 10, 1967.

Army Veteran Hank Welzel served in the Korean War, but his military experience began in the German Army during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Willis Lee Benton, a prisoner of war who survived the Bataan Death March.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Charles H. Brown, who served in the Navy as a pilot during World War II.

This POW/MIA Recognition Day story highlights Army Air Corps Veteran Jim Fall, 99, who had to bail out when his plane was hit. He spent the next 11 months as a POW… with a broken leg.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Lawrence Dickson, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Robert Hite, who served as a pilot during the Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Joseph W. Kittinger Jr., a pilot who took part in several notable pre-space race projects and served during the Vietnam War as a fighter pilot.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran George “Bud” Day, who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded a Medal of Honor.