as a gift to the Japanese commander of the prison, he bargained for the dog to receive official POW status. She became prisoner #81-A, and this status prevented the camp’s next commander from ...

Erick Hodges, 21, Chris Adlesperger and Ryan Sunnerville, both 20, met at Camp Pendleton and trained together for months. They were a fire team -- specialists who go house to house looking for ...

Uncommon Valor’s director, the recently departed Ted ... Once he pinpoints a prison camp in Laos as his son’s location, however, theUS government declines any assistance in raiding the territory.

Chester Nimitz that the words are inscribed in the Marine Corps Memorial. For those servicemen, "uncommon valor was a common virtue," Nimitz said. It was a trait not only to describe those at Iwo ...

in a German POW camp, a U.S. soldier named Roddie Edmonds defied the threat of death to protect the Jewish troops under his command. Seventy years later, he's being recognized for his valor.

More from Vietnam magazine Common men, uncommon valor: Marines at Khe Sanh What makes a war hero The "Flying Banana": Vietnam's pre-Huey helicopter Today POW-MIA honor chairs can be found not only ...

Those actions are undeniably admirable, and in the past decade many Vietnam veterans have received overdue valor medals or had ... A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the ...