Did any DUers have a POW bracelet?

[malthaussen]

Did your POW make it back?

They were pretty common when I was in High School, albeit mostly among the girls.


-- Mal

[Polly Hennessey]

1. I had one.

Don’t know if he made it back.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. My friend had one...

Served in Vietnam war, passed several years ago from unrelated illness. They included POW bracelet in coffin when he was interred.

RIP...and thank you for your service, my friend...

[MFM008]

3. I did

In the early 70s in high school.

[GentryDixon]

4. LTC Ben Purcell

I wore his bracelet until he was released. I then put it away and forgot it for 30+ years. I then looked up his address & returned it to him with a note.

He & his wife Anne wrote a book about his time as a prisoner & how she coped as a "waiting wife", as they were called back then, during his imprisonment. They autographed a copy & sent it to me. Very touching book.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/178453.Ben_Purcell

https://www.stripes.com/news/former-pow-tells-how-he-survived-1.19264

[MuseRider]

5. I did and I wore it

until I was able to go to the Vietnam Memorial in DC and get an etching of his name. He died in the war, as far as I know nobody knows anything about where he lays. I got it around 1970 and wore it until the late 90's when I was able to find out what had happened to him. The bracelet is now with the etching in a box somewhere. I was very attached to that bracelet and the man it represented, it felt like the least I could do for someone drafted to fight in a war I did not believe in.

[AJT]

6. I did, it was a silver cuff. He didn't make it back as far as I know.

[Ohiogal]

7. Yes! I still have it.

I got a nice letter from the soldier, along with a photo. He did make it back.

[KatyaR]

8. I did.

I don't remember the name, but I do remember seeing him come home.

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Had one, sent it back to Lt. Callahan when he got back.

[BlueSpot]

10. I had a copper one

I was just in grade school or maybe junior high. The $3 for the copper one seemed like a pretty big investment for me at the time. It turned green. It also turned me green - at least that wrist. My mother started making me take it off for showers so I wouldn't have a green wrist. That must have stressed it because one day it just broke in half. I don't remember the name and never knew if he made it back. I hope so.