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  • Last Vietnam POW pilot retires from military

    07/01/2004 11:22:07 AM PDT · by rhema · 50 replies · 3,032+ views
    North County Times ^ | 7/1/04 | JAMES HANNAH
    The last Vietnam POW flying for the U.S. military called it a career Wednesday, reluctantly folding up his wings after 44 years in uniform. Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier, who reached the Air Force's mandatory retirement age for his rank at 62, was honored in a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. "If we didn't have an age-limit law, General Mechenbier would not step down," said Gregory Martin, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. Mechenbier agreed, and drew laughs from the several hundred people at the ceremony when he poked fun at his predicament. "When you're getting run out of town...