Honoring our nation's heros
Col (ret) Bernard Talley, Jr., a Vietnam Prisoner of War from 1966-1973 and retired American Airlines pilot, spoke at the POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the AA Flight Academy this month. Col Talley spent 2,369 days in captivity before he was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973. The ceremony celebrated the remembrance of this nation's POW/MIAs. (U.S. photo/TSgt Shawn McCowan)