Retired Col. Robert L. Stirm, the man featured in the famous Vietnam War Pulitzer Prize-winning photo “Burst of Joy” has died ...
Heroic Vietnam War veteran Robert Stirm — who appeared in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo showing the excited reunion between ...
On Veterans Day, former Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, seen in the photo in uniform with his back to the camera, died at an assisted ...
POWs at the infamous ‘Hanoi Hilton’ endured immense suffering yet came home stronger — inspiring examples of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). Defying expectations, they showed how courage and connection ...
During his initial capture in 1967, U.S. sailor Douglas Hegdhal quietly began to collect vital information, covertly communicating with fellow POWs, memorizing the names, capture dates and personal ...
Doug Hegdahl, pictured in captivity around Christmastime in 1968, was serving with the Navy on a warship off the coast of Vietnam in 1967 when he fell overboard – paving the way for him to become the ...
The front-page newspaper photograph was striking on the morning of April 6, 1967 — a dramatic image showing the U.S.S. Canberra firing at Communist targets from the warship’s position in the Gulf of ...