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Some thoughts from a combat soldier

Mark Smith is a retired Special Forces Major. He was captured in the battle of Loc Ninh in Vietnam. He had 38 holes in his body when captured, back broken, lung messed up, bowel penetrated, and other wounds. He was held in a camp in Cambodia until...

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National POW/MIA Recognition Day

By law National POW/MIA Recognition Day is the 3d Friday of Sept. The Michigan Remembers Run is held the following day (Sat); that was today. I’m the co-chair of the MRR. Several hundred of us (I’m one of the few non-bikers) meet on the...

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The Missing Soldiers

I spent this afternoon on the State Capital’s steps attending the 11th annual Michigan Remembers Run. We gathered to remember the Prisoners of War (POWs) and Missing in Action (MIAs) who went to war from Michigan but never came back. Most of...

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