Welcome Home Day proclaimed for Kentucky returnee
Highland Heights Kentucky April 15 proclaimed Welcome Home Day for Army Spec 4 Michael Branch after his return from war. Mayor Judson Daum announced plans including Mass at St Joseph Church, a wreath at the war memorial, and a reception at Northern Kentucky State College. Branch arrived from Indianapolis with his family and declined media attention as relatives celebrated his 26th birthday. The Army confirmed Branch had not been prosecuted for AWOL and provided cooperation about other prisoners.
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Highland Heights
Michael Branch
Judson Daum
Branch
Daum
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Returnee Donates Captors' Crutches to Air Museum
A former prisoner of war arriving at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the last three freed POWs also donated the captors' crutches to the Air Force Museum. The gesture accompanied the weekend arrival ceremony at the base in Dayton, Ohio.
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Air Museum
Dayton
Homecoming of 16 Vietnam returnees at Wright-Patterson
Sixteen men landed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on a C-141 Nightingale amid a large crowd. Three remained for processing after brief talks by Lt. Col. Breckner Michael LaBeau and Robert Hudson who will start final medical exams and intelligence debriefings midweek. Captain Keith H. Lewis walked with a limp due to a knee injury and declined crutches noting the museum could use them.
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Keith H. Lewis
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Lewis
Wright- Patterson
William J. Breckner, Jr
Columbus
U.S
Breckner
Michael H. LaBeau
Kincheloe Afb
Mich
Robert M. Hudson
Kincheloe
Wright-Patterson
Excellent Earth
Wright- Patterson Medical Center
POW Baird links delayed homecoming to antiwar protests
Army S Sgt William S Baird returned to Wooster Ohio for a ten day home leave from Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville Pa after nearly five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam He credited antiwar demonstrations with delaying his return and said he would again serve if sent back He suffers partial paralysis from gunshot injuries and bladder and bowel control loss related to captivity
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Baird
Valley Forge
Phoenixville
Army
Steve Sutton
Wooster
U.S
North Vietnam
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Newport
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Quang Tri Province
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Family
Nightingale Hospital
Canada
Lt. Col. Breckner
Tellafiex
Ree
Crete
Erry
John Dobrozsi Jr
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First Ave
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South University
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South Main Street
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