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

Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

Between Feb. 12 and April 4, 1973, U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifters flew 54 missions into Hanoi, North Vietnam, to pick up 591 American prisoners of war captured by the North Vietnamese and Viet ...

Captain Richard Stratton did more than serve his country in the Vietnam War — the prisoner of war was known as The Beak, a heroic member of the Strike Fighter Squadron 192. On Saturday, the Quincy ...

As a naval aviator during the Vietnam War, Stratton's aircraft was ... She rallied public opinion to focus on prisoners of war, POWs, and even met with Ron and Nancy Reagan. Upon his release ...

A retired U.S. Navy captain born and raised in Quincy, who also was one of the longest-serving POWs during the Vietnam War, will be buried in his hometown with full military honors, including four ...

Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War hero and former prisoner ... the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Prisoners of War from 1989 to 1995. "He never stopped serving others, and ...

Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp and liberated the prisoners from the Nazi regime’s horrific crimes. This day is now observed as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Also, ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...

Stratton, who died Jan. 18 at the age of 93, was a Quincy native and one of the longest-serving POWs of the Vietnam war.

The body of Quincy native and war hero Capt. Richard Stratton returned home via Logan Airport on Sunday. Stratton passed away<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...