Posted on Feb 21, 2016
Fred Cherry, Vietnam POW for seven years, dies at 87
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. Cherry, an Air Force fighter pilot, was downed by enemy fire over North Vietnam in 1965, and he spent more than seven years as a prisoner of war.
He had grown up in the Jim Crow South, and his captors made it clear that he could mitigate the harshness of his incarceration, including routine torture, and improve his living conditions by speaking out against the racial injustice and discrimination he had faced as an African American in the United States.
. Cherry, an Air Force fighter pilot, was downed by enemy fire over North Vietnam in 1965, and he spent more than seven years as a prisoner of war.
He had grown up in the Jim Crow South, and his captors made it clear that he could mitigate the harshness of his incarceration, including routine torture, and improve his living conditions by speaking out against the racial injustice and discrimination he had faced as an African American in the United States.
Fred Cherry, Vietnam POW for seven years, dies at 87
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Vietnam War
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He is a hero in my book too Lou. Say, do you ever hear from anyone who was in Nam with us? Stay well brother.
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