Past and present heroes honor the fallen
Col. Martha Meeker and Paul Hollen render salutes Sept. 17, 2010, on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., after laying a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action wreath to commemorate the sacrifices of POW/MIA heroes. The wreath was laid in memory of those who are still missing in action. Mr. Hollen served as a waist gunner on a B-17 when it was shot down over Germany in 1945. A rough parachute landing left Mr. Hollen face down in the German snow with a serious back injury. Nazi soldiers who found Mr. Hollen were brutal and unforgiving, he said. They took him prisoner, and he spent the next six months at a camp in Moosburg, Germany. Colonel Meeker is the 628th Air Base Wing Commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)
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