POW/MIA

On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran John Fer, a POW during the Vietnam War.

On Dec. 8, 2020, U.S. Army Veteran David Harker will celebrate his 75th birthday. He may recognize the accomplishment while on his daily five mile walk, or by taking a drive in his 47-year-old car – a 1973 Corvette he’s owned since it was given to him by classmates when he returned from Vietnam after spending more than five years as a prisoner of war.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Daniel V. Borah Jr., who served as an A-7B Corsair pilot during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Donald M. Griffith, who fought at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir and was a POW during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leroy Foster, who fought and was captured as a POW in the European Theater during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Paul Magers from Billings, Montana, who was missing in action and later declared killed in action in Vietnam.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Alfred G. Bensinger from Oklahoma City, who was captured during the Korean War and later declared killed in action.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran James R. Tipton, who was captured and held as a prisoner of war for 13 months during World War II.

The St. John VA community-based outpatient clinic honored Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) service members recently with a donation of a POW/MIA memorial table from Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) District 2 and Post 3337.

A fascinating story of the honor and dishonor of the government during the Vietnam war. An excerpt taken from a manuscript called "The Fourth Tenant".

Sixty six years after Army Pfc. Albert E. Atkins went missing during the Korean War, he was finally laid to rest with full military honors.