Faith and Loyalty Help POWs Survive Hanoi Camps
POWs returning from Vietnamese camps credit faith, discipline, and loyalty for staying alert and resilient. They describe exercise and mind work, hobbies like broom making and wood carving, and a preacher among them. Navy Captain James Stockdale led the group home, stressing loyalty to fellow prisoners and to country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stall
Associated Press
Navy
James A. Mulligan
Virginia Beach
Philippines
Air Force
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Okla
POWs Listed for Homecoming Flights to Travis AFB
Names and destinations of freed American prisoners of war listed by Operation Homecoming as flying today in three planes to Travis Air Force Base California. Seventeen officers and soldiers across Army Navy Marine and Air Force entries from Florida New York North Carolina Texas and other states with destinations including Brooke Lackland Scott and Wilford Hall medical centers and multiple bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Jeremiah Denton
Virginia Beach
Hanoi
Mark A. Smith
Hawthorne
Calif
Smith
James D. Stockdale
Abingdon
Ill
Travis Air Force Base
California
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Army
Keith A. Albert
Thibodaux
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Air Force
David E. Baker
Westbury
N.Y
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Lackland Air Force Base
U.S. Naval Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Robert N Daughtrey
del Rio
Regional Air Force Hospital
Sheppard Air Force Base
Jerry D. Driscoll
Chicago
Raymond J. Merritt
San Gabriel
Air Force Regional Hospital
March Afb
Darrel Pyle
Compton
Air Force Medical Center
Travis Afb
Army S
Felix Neco Quinones
Santa Maria
Rio Piedras
P.R
Army Hospital
Fort Gordon
Raymond C. Schrump
Tomahawk
Wis
Jerry A. Singleton
Greeley
Colo
Carlyle S. Harris
Preston
Maxwell Afb
David B. Hatcher
Mount Airy
N.C
Edwin A. Hawley Jr
Birmingham
Ala
John Hetlig
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Richard P Keirn
Akron
Ohio
Sheppard Afb
Armand J Myers
Eugene
Ore
Wilford Hall
Lackland Afb
James A. Newingham
Bonham, Tex
Robinson Risner
Tulsa
Okla
Wesley D. Schierman
Lancaster
Wash
David Grant Medical Center
Travis
Mary Doe Obtains Abortion Amid Ohio Legislation Fight
The 23 year old plaintiff Mary Doe reportedly had an abortion with the ACLU of Ohio handling the case. Pro abortion groups push clinics and new legislation while hospitals in Columbus resist abortions under the current law. Catholic and other groups plan education on alternatives as doctors weigh risks and potential policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Doe
American Civil Liberties Union of
Ohio
Supreme Court
Young
Catholic Church
Columbus
Laurencita
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Grant
Ohio State University
Mary Ann Hanson
Ohio Abortion Alliance
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Ohio Crop Reporting Service
George K. Wanant
Foxboro
Mass
South Vietnam- Cambodia
Wanant
the Bank of the Century
Grand Old Bank
Pomeroy
Meigs County
FDIC
Pomeroy E
Rutland
Pomeroy National Bank
Everett Alvarez Jr
San Diego
Oakland Naval Hospital
Richard E. Bolstad
Minneapolis
Fred V. Cherry
Suffolk
Malcolm Grow
Andrews Air Force Base
Arthur Cormier
Bay Shore
Air Force Hospital
Westover Air Force Base
Daniel J Doughty
Ladysmith
Scott Air Force Base
John J. Fritz Jr
Williamstown
N.J
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Gary J. Guggenberger
Cold Spring
Minn
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Richard H Springman
Long Beach
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Michael H. Krome
Decorah
Iowa
Waukegan
Daniel
Camp Pendleton
Robert B Purcell
Louisville
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Douglas K. Ramsey
Civilian
Boulder City
Nev
Richard R Ratzlaff
Aberdeen
S.C
Richard Urecht
Fayetteville
James P. Walsh Jr
Winstead
Conn
St. Albans
Walter E. Wiber
Millerton
Philadelphia
Charles G. Boyd
Rockwell City
Nily
Gallipolis
Reg
Second Ave
Am Retroe
Cadillac
Karr & van Zandt
Argentina
Planned Parenthood
Mary Harris
Elberfelds
Cannon Royal Family Bath
Mechanic Street
Elberfelds Warehouse
Missy
Clothiers
Middleport, Ohio
CPO
Casual Permanent Press
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