TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Vietnam War veteran, prisoner of war (POW) and author Carlyle “Smitty” Harris died on Sunday. He died ...

As a child, Kristy Schnabel wore a nickel-plated POW/MIA bracelet inscribed with the name of Col. Norman Schmidt, an airman who had been shot down and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War ...

It's been almost 50-years since the war in Vietnam officially ended.In 1973, ... POW-MIA bracelets, timeless reminders of a Vietnam War hero. by Kevin Maki. Mon, November 13th 2023 at 8:00 PM.

Joe Kopacz, a Vietnam Veteran and guardian on the trip, wore a different type of accessory: A POW bracelet with the name of a fallen Vietnam soldier engraved on it. That name was James Rozo.

San Diego, CA_11/24/2009_ JACK ENSCH(cq), a POW during Vietnam was a Navy pilot. He recently received two POW bracelets with his name on them that had been worn by women during the Vietnam era.

Vietnam: 726 captured; 661 returned Location Currently not on view date made ca 1970 ID Number 2004.0083.41 accession number 2004.0083 catalog number 2004.0083.41 Object Name POW bracelet bracelet ...

Lt. Col. Ben Pollard was among approximately 2,600 American service members officially designated as POW/MIA during the war in Vietnam. Dan Rector’s bracelet wasn’t the only wrist sporting ...

The bracelets were a way for Americans to show support for POWs and MIAs, regardless of how they felt about the war. Marion Stanford started wearing one in 1970. Her half-inch metal bracelet was ...

Back in the 1970s, during and after the Vietnam War, people wore these bracelets with the names of a POW or MIA engraved on them. The thought was if a Veteran came home, or their remains recovered ...

Dozens of former Vietnam POWs will reunite for a dinner recreating a White House banquet held 50 years ago by Richard Nixon to mark their freedom and heroism.

It’s been 50 years this month since Robert T. White, the last Vietnam prisoner of war released, came home. Part of his homecoming was a celebration on April 19, 1973, in Williamsburg, where h… ...

BUTTE, Mont. | For years and years and years, Kim Leiter of Grand Rapids, Michigan, wondered about Capt. Robert Holton — the name on a POW-MIA bracelet she got in Family of Vietnam vet treasures ...