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  • Former POW ends sortie after 40-year detour (Grab Tissues Now!)

    09/23/2005 7:12:43 PM PDT · by SandRat · 17 replies · 1,012+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | Sep 23, 2005 | 1st Lt. Gerardo Gonzalez
    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- Retired Maj. Wesley Schierman finally landed his last sortie with the 67th Fighter Squadron here Sept. 19 after a 40-year detour. Originally, he began his flight as a captain with the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War flying an F-105 Thunderchief out of Korat Air Base, Thailand. But while leading a formation of four aircraft Aug. 25, 1965, on a mission to attack a military barracks near Hanoi, something happened. His gun jammed. He bailed out. He became a prisoner of war. "I was captured within an hour of ejecting from the...