Columbus (OH) Dispatch July 1, 2004 A Pilot's Turbulent Journey44-year veteran is the last former Vietnam POW to retire By Mike Harden, The Columbus Dispatch FAIRBORN, Ohio -- When Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier attempted to raise his arms to still the cascade of applause saluting his 44 years in the military, many in the audience may not have noticed that he couldn't lift his elbows to shoulder level. Having spent hours with his hands bound behind him and suspended by his arms above the floor of the "Hanoi Hilton,'' his shoulders had been dislocated so frequently that they afforded him...