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

By Sheila Harris Retired Navy Captain Edward Estes, a former resident of Purdy, had a story he liked to share about the time ...

Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War hero and former prisoner of ... captivity and was released in March 1973 as part of Operation Homecoming. Stratton was held in the "Hanoi Hilton," the same ...

Three weeks ago, on Jan. 7, Grayson Roberts, who was born with a rare eye condition and has been blind his whole life, lost his home and one of his passions to the Eaton Fire. Now someone with the ...

I am a Viet Nam Veteran. I was there from Jan. 12, 1969 at 1 a.m. (local time) until Dec. 31, 1969 at 2:15 p.m. I wasn’t ...

Plans to bring a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to International Falls during the All Class Reunion are moving forward. Terry Randolph, commander of the Veterans of Foreign ...

SHOT DOWN OVER NORTH VIETNAM, AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR IN 1967. HE WAS HELD IN CAPTIVITY FOR OVER 2000 DAYS UNTIL HIS RELEASE IN OPERATION HOMECOMING IN 1973. DURING MY CAPTIVITY AT THE HANDS ...