| Summary: | Press conferences held in March and April 1973 at Maxwell Air Force Base with members of the U.S. Air Force who had been prisoners of war during in Vietnam. They discuss their experiences in detention, as well as their opinions about amnesty for men who evaded military service during the conflict. At 0:03:07, there is also a clip of a reception for the POWs hosted by George and Cornelia Wallace at the Governor's Mansion on March 26; former governors Jim Folsom and John Patterson also attended, and Ferlin Huskey performed for the guests. Some of the footage is silent. Among the men shown are Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. of Orlando, Florida; Technical Sergeant James L. Lollar of Kilmichael, Mississippi; First Lieutenant Larry D. Price of Orlando, Florida; Captain David B. Dingee of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida; Captain John P. Cerak of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida; Captain Kevin J. Cheney of North Miami, Florida; Major Gale A. Despiegler of Brandon, Florida; Lieutenant Samuel R. Vaughan of Clemson, South Carolina; Captain Kenneth J. Fraser of Selma, Alabama; Major William J. Elander Jr. of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Captain David B. Grant of Chattanooga, Tennessee; First Lieutenant Richard H. McDow of Columbiana, Alabama; Colonel Bobby R. Bagley of Sumter, South Carolina; Colonel Carl B. Crumpler of Orange Park, Florida; Lieutenant Colonel Kirby D. Terrell Jr. of East Point, Georgia; Lieutenant Colonel James Quincy Collins of North Carolina; Captain Herbert Ben Ringsdorf of Elba, Alabama; Captain Guy D. Gruters of Sarasota, Florida; Colonel Kenneth A. Simonet of Boca Raton, Florida; Major William R. Austin II of Simpsonville, South Carolina; Major Thomas V. Parrot of Dalton, Georgia; Major Paul A. Kari of St. Petersburg, Florida; Colonel John S. Finlay III of Satellite Beach, Florida; Major Kenneth Fisher of Sebring, Florida; Captain Wayne O. Smith of Dunedin, Florida; and Captain Leon F. Ellis Jr. of Hull, Georgia.
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