September 22, 2018

POW/MIA Day: “Never Forget”

This year’s local observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which takes place Friday, Sept. 21, will focus on the recent return of 55 remains from Korea […]
September 21, 2018

His Face Was Used to Symbolize Vietnam Prisoners of War. This Is His Real Story

He remembers being shot down like it was yesterday. On July 18, 1965, U.S. Navy Lt. Commander William M. Tschudy and his co-pilot Commander Jeremiah Denton […]
March 30, 2018

Jackson County raises POW/MIA flag

After receiving a request from veterans, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners agreed to have three poles installed to accommodate the flags at the August D. […]
February 8, 2018

Jackson County to fly POW flag

Jackson County will begin flying a POW/MIA flag near Jackson County Circuit Court to commemorate prisoners of war and military members who are missing in action.In […]
December 1, 2017

Military identifies 100 killed on the battleship Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor

The military has identified 100 sailors and Marines killed when the U.S. battleship Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago. The […]
October 4, 2017

Veterans ask Jackson County to fly POW/MIA flag

A group of veterans who served in wars from World War II to Iraq are calling on the Jackson County Board of Commissioners to fly a […]
May 10, 2017

Happy Valley novelist R. Cyril West takes on POW/MIA truth

For some, it’s not conspiracy theory, not paranoid myth, not Rambo fantasy. For some, like Happy Valley author R. Cyril West, it’s the truth: U.S. military […]
February 15, 2017

POW/MIA Flag Will Fly Daily Over Clackamas County, Commission Announces – Oregon City, OR Patch

The POW/MIA flag, which honors prisoners of war and those who went missing in action, will now fly on a daily basis over Clackamas County’s Red […]
December 1, 2016

An American Hero Comes Home, at Last


“Mayday!” came the frantic call from inside the tiny U.S. military attack helicopter after a rocket-propelled grenade fired by an al Qaeda-linked Iraqi lopped off its tail rotor and forced it to crash land in the desert 20 miles northwest of Baghdad. A fierce firefight soon broke out as the insurgents headed toward their prize: the downed AH-6 Little Bird chopper, and about 20 U.S. soldiers, including members of the secret Delta Force, who’d landed