U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. was the first American to stay at the infamous Hoa Lo prison in North Vietnam, and when others arrived after they wondered how he managed to snag the best spot in the ...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) – U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — Dick Stratton, a Navy pilot and a prisoner of the Vietnam War who endured more than 2,000 days of captivity and torture in North Vietnam, has died at the age of 93. Stratton's ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the most vivid images of the Vietnam War included the emotional return of American prisoners of war held captive by North Vietnam. The scene unfolded multiple times ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The grand opening of “Return with Honor,” the National Naval Aviation Museum’s newest exhibit, is dedicated to the Vietnam prisoners of war. The exhibit aims to tell the ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) — He was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for a staggering six years. An Air Force pilot who shared a bond—and a prison cell—with the late Sen. John McCain is now sharing his story, as ...

Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Read the transcript below. “Oftentimes, the funds raised did not go to any organized rescue mission, but just paid for somebody to run a sort of ...

FORT WORTH — Fighter pilot Jim Latham had just marked a target of abandoned supply trucks in a heavily populated area of North Vietnam when the right wing of his aircraft tore off. His F-4 Phantom ...

Fed up with White House foot dragging, a Senate select committee has taken the unusual step of subpoenaing national-security adviser Brent Scowcroft to produce National Security Council files on ...