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 World-Famous Golden Dragons, Strike Fighter 192. On ...
A Massachusetts man who served as a pilot in the Vietnam War and was held in a prison camp for over 2,200 days will be buried in his hometown's cemetery this week.
Dick Stratton was a pilot in Vietnam and spent more than six years as a POW. His family is planning his funeral service after his yearlong battle with cancer.
A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, tells DailyMail.com: 'I just thought that was almost like the perfect thing to do as your parting act of leaving the Hanoi ...
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 ...