Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later  
 
     
 

The Thirty Former POWs Featured in Open Doors

  • VADM William Porter Lawrence, USN (Ret.), Crownsville, Maryland
    Dates of Captivity: June 28, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • CDR Everett Alvarez, Jr., USN (Ret.), Bethesda, Maryland
    Dates of Captivity: Aug. 5, 1964 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • COL William David Beekman, USAF (Ret.), Beavercreek, Ohio
    Dates of Captivity: June 24, 1972 to March 28, 1973
  • CDR George Thomas Coker, USN (Ret.), Virginia Beach, Virginia
    Dates of Captivity: Aug. 27, 1966 to March 3, 1973
  • LTCOL Thomas E. Collins, USAF (Ret.), Lauderdale, Mississippi
    Dates of Captivity: Oct. 18, 1965 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • CAPT Render Crayton, USN (Ret.), Sun Valley, Idaho
    Dates of Captivity: Feb. 7, 1966 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • COL George Everett Day, USAF (Ret.), Shalimar, Florida
    Dates of Captivity: Aug. 26, 1967 to March 14, 1973
  • RADM Jeremiah Andrew Denton, USN (Ret.), Theodore, Alabama
    Dates of Captivity: July 18, 1965 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • CAPT John Clyde Ensch, USN (Ret.), San Diego, California
    Dates of Captivity: Aug. 25, 1972 to March 29, 1973
  • CAPT John Heaphy Fellowes, USN (Ret.), Annapolis, Maryland
    Dates of Captivity: Aug. 27, 1966 to March 3, 1973
  • CDR Paul Edward Galanti, USN (Ret.), Richmond, Virginia
    Dates of Captivity: June 17, 1966 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • Mr. Douglas Brent Hegdahl, San Diego, California
    Dates of Captivity: April 6, 1967 to Aug. 5, 1969
  • CAPT James Leo Hutton, USN (Ret.), San Diego, California
    Dates of Captivity: Oct. 16, 1965 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • COL Samuel Robert Johnson, USAF (Ret.), Plano, Texas
    (currently Congressman from Texas)
    Dates of Captivity: April 16, 1966 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • COL Floyd Harold Kushner, M.D.F.A.C.S. USA (Ret.), Daytona Beach, Florida
    Dates of Captivity: Nov. 30, 1967 to March 16, 1973
  • LT COL Marion Anthony Marshall, USAF (Ret.), Apple Valley, California
    Dates of Captivity: July 3, 1972 to March 29, 1973
  • VADM Edward Holmes Martin, USN (Ret.), Coronado, California
    Dates of Captivity: July 9, 1967 to March 3, 1973
  • CAPT John Sidney McCain, USN (Ret.), Scottsdale, Arizona
    (currently Senator from Arizona)
    Dates of Captivity: Oct. 26, 1967 to March 14, 1973
  • CAPT John Michael McGrath, USN (Ret.), Monument, Colorado
    Dates of Captivity: June 30, 1967 to March 3, 1973
  • MAJ GEN Edward John Mechenbier, USAF, (Ret.) Beavercreek, Ohio
    Dates of Captivity: June 14, 1967 to Feb. 18, 1973
  • CAPT Ernest Moore, USN (Ret.), Coronado, California
    Dates of Captivity: March 11, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • CAPT Richard Dean Mullen, USN (Ret.), La Jolla, California
    Dates of Captivity: June 3, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • COL Ben M. Pollard, USAF (Ret.), Poway, California
    Dates of Captivity: May 15, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • BRIG GEN James Robinson Risner, USAF (Ret.), San Antonio, Texas
    Dates of Captivity: Sept. 16, 1967 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • MAJ Wesley Duane Schierman, USAF (Ret.), Everett, Washington
    Dates of Captivity: June 28, 1965 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • CAPT Edwin Arthur Shuman III, USN (Ret.), Annapolis, Maryland
    Dates of Captivity: March 17, 1968 to Feb. 14, 1973
  • CAPT Charles Everett Southwick, USN (Ret.), San Diego, California
    Dates of Captivity: May 14, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • VADM James Bond Stockdale, USN (Ret.), Coronado, California
    Dates of Captivity: Sept. 9, 1965 to Feb. 12, 1973
  • CAPT Richard Allen Stratton, USN (Ret.), Atlantic Beach, Florida
    Dates of Captivity: Jan. 5, 1967 to March 4, 1973
  • The Honorable Orson George Swindle III, LT COL, USMC (Ret.),
    Alexandria, Virginia
    Dates of Captivity: Nov. 11, 1966 to March 3, 1973

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