PRISONERS OF WAR
Hall of Fame members LtCol William Schwertfeger (left and LtCol Galand Kramer at our 2022 Banquet
Peggy Roth (left) and Sondra Hamelin (daughters of CAPT Howard Rutledge) lighting candle at the 2023 Banquet
Hall of Fame members LtCol William Schwertfeger (left and LtCol Galand Kramer at our 2022 Banquet
A Missing Man Table
Peggy Roth (left) and Sondra Hamelin (daughters of CAPT Howard Rutledge) lighting candle at the 2023 Banquet
Hall of Fame members LtCol William Schwertfeger (left and LtCol Galand Kramer at our 2022 Banquet
Peggy Roth (left) and Sondra Hamelin (daughters of CAPT Howard Rutledge) lighting candle at the 2023 Banquet
Peggy Roth (left) and Sondra Hamelin (daughters of CAPT Howard Rutledge) lighting candle at the 2023 Banquet
Peggy Roth (left) and Sondra Hamelin (daughters of CAPT Howard Rutledge) lighting candle at the 2023 Banquet
Prisoner of War Medal was created in 1985. There are 19 members of the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame who were POWs. They are listed in alfa order below:
WORLD WAR II - LTC R. Neil Brittan, Army; CPL Phillip W. Coon, Army; SSgt John R. Dale, Marine Corps; 1SG Sonia B. Davis, Army; BG George M. Donovan, Army; CPL Harry Russell Hoots, Sr., Army; BG Chester Alvin Howard, Army; Col Rosemary Hogan Luciano, Air Force/Army; CWO Felix James McCool, Marine Corps; SGT Elmer J. Morris, Army; Sgt Jack Robert Skaggs, Marine Corps; and COL Pendleton Woods, Army. KOREA - CWO Felix James McCool, Marine Corps; (also WWII) and CPL George Thomas Walden, Army. VIETNAM - CAPT Phillip Neal Butler, Navy; CDR Danny Elloy Glenn, Navy; LtCol Galand Dwight Kramer, Air Force; BrigGen James R. Risner, Air Force; CAPT Howard E. Rutledge, Navy; and LtCol William R. Schwertfeger, Air Force.