First National Commemoration Held Since July 1979 for POWs,MIAs
13th Nov 2006, 16:52 GMT
"Once captured, there is no comprehending what goes through your head," said former Marine and Vietnam prisoner of war, Walter W. Eckes, 59, who spoke at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital's 15th annual Prisoner of War/Missing in Action remembrance ceremony Sept 16.
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