National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 24, 2024 – Cecil Phipps

VA lunch with POW brings memories of a long time ago The third Friday of September is POW/MIA Recognition Day. This year, the day fell on a sunny Friday in Central Iowa. As they have for years, the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans hosted a lunch for area POWs. Only one POW attended this year, Cecil Phipps. He brought along, as he always does, his wife Kathleen of more than 70...
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National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 15 , 2023 – Eugene Ramos

Each year on the third Friday of September, we honor and remember our nation’s Prisoners of War who suffered under enemy captivity, as well as those who are still Missing in Action. As such, we wanted to take the opportunity to recognize Eugene Ramos is a local Veteran who spent over two years as a prisoner of war in Korea and returned home to continue serving his country and his fellow...
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Major (LTC) William Thomas McDaniel

There was a group of POWs, many from the 24th Division, captured near Taejon South Korea, on July 20, 1950.  This group became known as the Major McDaniel group. He was with HQ 34 Regiment of the 24th Division. They were also paraded through Seoul like we Tigers were. Later they were taken to Pyongyang like we were. They were taken to the infamous Sunchon tunnel where they were slaughtered!...
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Beyond the Bridge of No Return: Legacy of a Korean War Veteran

The Koreqn War Legacy Foundation produced a documentary titled “Beyond the Bridge of No Return: Legacy of a Korean War Veteran.” which features P.O.W. Arden Rowley and his great grandson, Cayden Sherwood. They went to Korea last July for the filming of the documentary. It is very well done. It may be seen on the following website https://vimeo.com/259922639/b28b4aa3c1. DVDs will be...
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