Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

Stirm’s homecoming was not as sweet as “Burst of Joy” suggests. T he homecoming of Vietnam Prisoner of War Lt. Col. Robert L.

Mayor Thomas Koch was 12 when he first met Navy Capt. Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War hero and former prisoner of war, one of ...

Captain Richard Stratton did more than serve his country in the Vietnam War — the prisoner of war was known as The Beak, a heroic member of the Strike Fighter Squadron 192. On Saturday, the Quincy ...

A retired U.S. Navy captain born and raised in Quincy, who also was one of the longest-serving POWs during the Vietnam War, will be buried in his hometown with full military honors, including four ...

As a naval aviator during the Vietnam War, Stratton's aircraft was ... She rallied public opinion to focus on prisoners of war, POWs, and even met with Ron and Nancy Reagan. Upon his release ...

Stratton, who died Jan. 18 at the age of 93, was a Quincy native and one of the longest-serving POWs of the Vietnam war.

Between Feb. 12 and April 4, 1973, U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifters flew 54 missions into Hanoi, North Vietnam, to pick up 591 American prisoners of war captured by the North Vietnamese and Viet ...

Colorado honors Korean War veterans in annual Military Appreciation Day, recognizing their service and sacrifice in the ...