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  • POW, Airman inspires Charleston Airmen

    Retired U.S. Air Force Capt. William Robinson, the longest surviving enlisted prisoner of war, visited here as the guest speaker at an awards ceremony for the 437th Maintenance Group, March 17."I heard him speak at the NCO Academy and was amazed," said Tech. Sgt. John Paull, 437th Aircraft

  • Former POW recounts Operation Linebacker II

    In his cell, an American pilot peered through the barred windows where he saw the silhouette of a B-52 Stratofortress in flames. He could only watch as the same fate that lead him to his prison cell was handed over to his fellow Airmen. This American pilot is retired Col. Peter Giroux, a B-52 pilot