Free Republic

Friends Working to Free Captain Michael Scott Speicher will be holding a Candlelight Vigil at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 2004 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Town cheers Army pilot's safe return Homecoming at Douglas County High School for freed POW By MIA TAYLOR The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Douglasville -- A hometown crowd anxiously awaiting the arrival of their local hero pressed their faces against chain link fences and peered over the back of bleachers into Douglas County High School's parking lot, eager to catch a glimpse of the freed prisoner of war. Ron Young Jr. emerged from a black limousine wearing his Army uniform. The crowd of 2,500 erupted, cheering and clapping. Young looked wide-eyed as he stepped from the vehicle and surveyed the crowd from...