Ex POWs Describe Torture and Camp Conditions
Former POW Capt Hubert C Walker Jr testified at Sheppard Air Force Base about a broken nose and brutal beatings by a small North Vietnamese fighter four days after capture. Sgt Peter Drabie and others described Viet Cong camps as severe with few supplies and no POW rights. Amnest y should be granted to men who refused service, said Air Force Captain Guy Gruters at Maxwell Air Force Base.
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United Press International
Hubert C. Walker Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Sheppard
Peter Drahic
Union Bridge
Drabie
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville
United States
B. Baird
Wooster
Ohio
Amnesty
Air Force
Guy D. Gruters
Sarasota
Fla
Four Pilots Promoted to Flag Rank Among POWs
Four American pilots held by North Vietnam were selected for promotion to flag rank, including Air Force Col John P. Flynn and Navy Cmdr. David W. Winn both long-held POWs. Navy Capt. James B. Stockdale and Cmdr. Denton were also chosen for rear admiral. Promotions occurred while in captivity and were not sent to the Senate at that time. Flynn and Winn were freed earlier and treated for injuries, with Stockdale and Denton later released.
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Washington
UPI
Flynn
North Vietnam
Com
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Stockdale
Defense
Department
Jerry W. Fried
Heim
John P. Flynn
Shalimar
Fla
David W. Winn
Minneapolis
Minn
Jeremiah A
Denton
Virginia Beach
Iby
James B. Stockdale
Winn
Coronado
Calif
Pentagon
Senate
Friedheim
Stockdale and
Air
Biloxi
Miss
St. Louis
Alcatraz Gang
Hanoi
Flynn Andi
Thieu Declares Communist Failure in Vietnam
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu told 2000 delegates that Communist failure in both Vietnam and globally proves the Paris cease-fire is necessary. He said the party will link government and people through political military and economic forces as preparations to seek true peace continue. A large poster of the party insignia was installed by South Vietnamese engineers outside the theater.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Thieu
Satturday
United States
Cenicis Dan Chu — de Eee
Tastie
den Chu
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