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This page is dedicated to all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I have created Honor Pages for all of Florida's Vietnam-era and Desert Storm POW/MIAs. There are a total of 61 still unaccounted for (60 from Vietnam, 1 from Desert Storm). Since beginning this project I have verified through the Defense Department that 8 remains have been returned, they are listed below. I have left their honor page intact. There are a total of 70 Honor Pages from Vietnam/Desert Storm eras. 69 of the Honor Pages are military, 1 Civilian.
There are presently 162 POW/MIA Floridians from the Korean War, and 3 POW/MIA Floridians from the Cold War. Grand total from the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War and Desert Storm add up to 226 displaced Floridians. We need to bring them all home!
This page is very graphics intense, so please let all the images load before you look at the Honor Pages. I apologize in advance, but I feel all the graphics were necessary to fully portray the theme surrounding this page. If you're on a dial-up connection I suggest you get up, stretch your legs, get a cup of coffee, walk the dog, call and thank a Vet, whatever you want, but please let them load.
I obtained many of these images from Doc's, Ron Fleischer, the Old Sarge, Raptors Nest and some from the public domain. Unlike some sites, you may right-click on this page. I wanted this page to be worthy of our POW/MIAs and all Veterans. I hope you enjoy the presentation and the honor pages I created for my heroes.
The above left graphic pertains to 61 of the below listed Heroes. The graphic on the right represents the 8 whose remains have been returned home. All 70 POW/MIAs listed have an Honor page. They are very gut-wrenching. Be prepared. Initial biographical and loss information on POWs provided by Operation Just Cause and this site has been supplied by Chuck and Mary Schantag of POWNET. Also used was information from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Biographical information is also supplied via Scope Systems, and Task Force Omega.
Air and Sea Craft photos courtesy of http://www.farfromglory.com/aircraft.htm#O.
To return or search for a POW Bracelet please check out http://thewall-usa.com/bracelet/
Virtual Bracelets courtesy of Ohio POW/MIA
Name rubbings courtesy of http://www.vietnamwall.org/index.html and http://vvmf.org (Read and Kerr)
Click here to see a random photo collage of Florida's POW/MIA
Author David Lee Thompson's Account of his tour in Vietnam - an exceptional read
A tribute to a Vietnam Veteran friend of mine whose helmet saved his life
Click here to see a random photo collage of the Air and Sea craft used by Florida's POW/MIA
Click here to see Unit Patches worn by Florida's POW/MIA
My letter to the White House regarding three of the men below who are not listed in the DOD Database
My letter to Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush, his office's reply and subsequent mail sent to Sen. Nelson (D) Florida.
This picture is from the Memorial Day Parade, 2005 in Mishawaka Indiana
This picture was taken of the
Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall in D.C., 2005Please click here to visit my Online Photo Albums of the below events:
1. Vietnam Wall Experience Photos, Labor Day 2005, Jacksonville FL
2. Vietnam Wall Experience Photos, 23-25 Sep 2005, Dayton OH
3. Malcolm T. Miller laid to rest, 38 years after being POW/MIA, Wash D.C.
Of the following list of Floridians lost from the Vietnam War, 25 were lost in South Vietnam, 22 in Laos, 18 in North Vietnam and 4 in Cambodia. The whereabouts of Capt Speicher from Desert Storm is unknown. In case you are wondering, Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon are one and the same.
Of the 69 missing from the Vietnam War, 53 were aircraft losses, 2 sea craft, and 14 ground losses. Capt Speicher was piloting an FA-18 when he went missing the first night of the Gulf War.
Note: My Honor Pages include those from the above States as well
LAST NAME, FIRST, MI,
NOTE: Randolph J. Ard's remains were returned in October 2004.
NOTE: Ralph C. Bisz's remains were returned in June 2008.
Brasher, Jimmy Mac (Texas)
NOTE: Lost with Robert Pittman
NOTE: Michael J. Brellenthin's remains were returned in 1969. He was buried in a mass grave in St. Louis.
Brenneman, Richard C. (Indiana)
NOTE: I listed Lt Col Brenneman because he was from the town I grew up in. He returned safely home after 5 1/2 years captivity. I still remember the occasion although I was in grade school.
NOTE: William E. Dillender's remains were returned in Feb 2006.
NOTE: Thomas E. Dunlop's remains were returned in May 2003.
Eby, Robert G. (Civilian)
NOTE: Rodney H. Gott's remains were returned in January 1973. He was buried in a mass grave in St. Louis.
NOTE: Thomas T. Hart III's remains were returned in February 1985.
Hoff, Michael G. (Also listed as Home State of Oregon)
NOTE: Jacob E. Mercer's remains were returned in October 1993.
NOTE: Malcolm T. Miller's remains were returned in February 2005.
Moore, Thomas (Louisiana)
NOTE: Captured along with Samuel Adams
NOTE: David J. Phillips, Jr's. remains were returned in April 2004.
Speicher, Michael S. (Missing from Operation Desert Storm)
Williams, Edward W.Note: Major Young's remains were identified and returned in June 2008.
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Click above to listen to POW/MIA Radio every Sunday on The American Freedom Network. They also broadcast on KHNC-AM, 1360khz, Johnstown, Colorado. 10,000 watts, and on Satellite G13, Transponder 4, audio 7.7.
Click here to visit my Korean War Tribute Page
Click here to visit my World War II Tribute Page
Preamble of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
"IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US."
As of May 2005, t
here are 58,249 names on the Wall
67 American Women Died during the Vietnam War, 59 Civilian - 8 Military
Visit www.WomenInVietnam.com for more information
8 July 1959 - 2 American soldiers killed and one wounded during a Viet Minh attack 20 miles north of Saigon.
13 May 1961 - President Kennedy orders 100 "special forces" troops to South Vietnam.
22 Dec 1961 - SP4 James Davis of Livingston, Tennessee killed by Viet Cong later called by President Johnson "The first American to fall in defense of our freedom in Vietnam".
27 Jan 1973 - Official end of Vietnam war. Between 27 Jan and 29 Mar a total of 587 military and civilian prisoners were released by the North Vietnamese, and during that same period, 23,500 US troops were withdrawn from South Vietnam.
29 Mar 1973 - 67 more U.S. POWs were freed in Hanoi. The same day, the U.S. withdrew its remaining troops from South Vietnam. This date also marked the actual end of military involvement in Vietnam.
29 Apr 1975 - Last American soldier killed in Vietnam.
Regarding the above dates, which were previously unknown to me, I have now been made aware of this new information provided by Doc Stevens and Louise Wilson.
This below listed site has an outstanding historical background on the Vietnam War: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html
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A Tribute To VeteransIn Vietnam, Korea and World Wars Past
Our Men Fought Bravely so Freedom Would Last
Conditions Were Not Always Best They Could Be
Fighting a Foe You Could Not Always See:
From Mountain Highs to Valley Lows
From Jungle Drops to Desert Patrols
Our Sinewy Sons Were Sent Over Seas
Far From Their Families And Far From Their Dreams
They Never Wrote Letters Of Hardships Despair
Only Of Love, Yearning That One Day Soon:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On With The Rest of Their Lives
The P.O.W.šS Stood Steadfast
Against the Indignities And Cruelties Of War
They Could Not Have Lasted as Long as They Did
If They Had Relinquished Their Hope That Some Day:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On the Rest Of Their Lives
Medics, Nurses, and Chaplains Alike
Did What They Needed To Bring Back Life
They Served Our Forces From Day Into Night
Not Questioning If They Would Survive:
They Mended Bones And Bodies Too,
They Soothed the Spirits of Dying Souls
And for Those M.I.AšS, Who Were Left Behind
We Echo This Message Across the Seas
We Will search For as Long As It Takes
Youšre Not Forgotten And Will Always Be:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers,
In Our Minds For All Time
A Moment of Silence, a Moment of Summons
Is Their Deliverance of Body And Soul
To a Sacred Place That We All Know
Deep In the Shrines of Our Soul:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers
In Our Minds For All Time
INTERLUDE:
GOLD STAR MOTHERS GRIEVE: ENDLESSLY,
ENDLESSLY, ENDLESSLY.......
These Immortalized Soldiers Whose Bravery Abounds
Theyšre Our Husbands, Fathers, and Sons
They Enlisted For the Duty at Hand
To Serve the Cause of Country and Land:
They Had Honor, They Had Valor,
They Found Glory That Change Them Forever
Men Standing Tall and Proud They be
A Country Behind Them in a Solemn Sea
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain
In the Winds Across This Land
Years of Tears Has Brought Us Here
Gathering Around to Hear This Sound
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds Across This Land
REPEAT:
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds For All Time
Jerry Calow (copyright 2003)
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Another site devoted solely to Florida POW/MIA
Also see Larry's Lounge at http://home.comcast.net/~piglt/remember.html for additional bios.
Library of Congress Vietnam-Era POW/MIA Database
Click here for a PDF file to the Defense Dept list of Florida Vietnam-Era POW/MIAs You may download a PDF Viewer from the Adobe acrobat link on my freeware page. The POW/MIA file is current as of 15 January 2005.
Click to read a poem entitled "A Soldier Died Today"
Click to see the National POW/MIA Day Posters 1999-2005
Combat Vets - They have a section called "The Wall". It has PDF files to every name that is located on either the West or the East panels of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
Click the POW/MIA Stamp to send me your email. Webmasters: you are encouraged to use this icon for your emails. See http://members.aol.com/usaheroes/email.htm for details.
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It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us
freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who
has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the
campus organizer, who has given us freedom to demonstrate.
It
is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag, and whose
coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn
the flag. Author Unknown
