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Captain Bob Pardo came to the rescue of his wingman Captain Earl Aman after they took heavy fire on a bombing run near Hanoi in 1967, pushing him to safety using the planes tailhook.

This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. "POWs Never Have A Nice Day."  That sentiment was captured on a button a friend of mine wore for our fourth grade class photo in 1972.  That prisoners of war could never have such a day was reinforced by the sad face on that button.  Soon after, American POWs would indeed be released by their North Vietnamese captors as the American war in Vietnam ended.  They came home the next year to a much-hyped heroes welcome orchestrated by the admini...

When will America free itself from war?

Antiwar.com Original Originally posted at TomDispatch. America has essentially been at war, nonstop, since the weeks after the 9/11 attacks. Those “forever wars,” as they’re now commonly called, have been both truly distant from and eerily close to us, far away and yet a deeply embedded part of American life. And here, to my mind, is the strangest thing: those rare figures who, as citizens (or in one case an outsider), managed to reach into the heart of the Americ...

By William Astore anuary 12, 2021 " Information Clearing House" -  “POWs Never Have A Nice Day.”  That sentiment was captured on a button a friend of mine wore for our fourth grade class photo in 1972.  That prisoners of war could never have such a day was reinforced by the sad face on that button.  Soon after, American POWs would indeed be released by their North Vietnamese captors as the American war in ...