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  • U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. Barry Bridger spoke to Team Offutt during commander’s update briefing May 16, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Bridger was shot down Jan. 23, 1967, by a surface-to-air missile over Son Tay, North Vietnam, only to be captured later by the North Vietnamese and imprisoned at Hoa Loa Prison, also known to the POWs as the Hanoi Hilton.

    POW recounts his time in Hanoi Hilton

    A former Vietnam prisoner of war spoke at the commander’s update briefing May 16, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
  • Guest speaker Dr. Aelwen Wetherby, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, speaks at a POW/MIA Remembrance Luncheon Sept. 19 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The Remembrance luncheon was sponsored by the Air Force Sergeants Association chapter here at Offutt AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by L. Cunningham)

    Team Offutt honors POW/MIA Day in week of remembrance

    The third Friday of September is observed as POW/MIA Recognition Day across the U.S. each year. For 2018, the day fell on Sept. 21. Team Offutt gathered to celebrate and remember the sacrifices of prisoners of war and those missing in action by holding a 24-hour vigil run Sept. 14, and a remembrance luncheon Sept. 19, at Offutt Air Force Base,
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