Former Vietnam POW Danny Glenn, originally of Shawnee, and his sisters, Kay and Jane, look over a bronze plaque which was dedicated to him at the Paul and Ann Milburn Center on May 4. His fellow 1957 Shawnee graduate, Walter Coffey started the ball rolling on the plaque six years ago. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Veteran Danny Glenn speaks on May 4.
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn describes a "gong" made from a 120 millimeter gun shell hung from a tree and used to wake them up in one of the POW camps where he was held prisoner for six years. Glenn spoke about his experiences at the Pottawatomie County Historical Society on May 4. A bronze plaque outside the museum was dedicated to Glenn that day. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Shawnee 1957 graduates Danny Glenn and Walter Coffey stand by a bronze plaque dedicated to Glenn on May 4. After being shot down, Glenn spent six years at several Vietnamese POW camps. A bronze plaque was made with his story and is located outside of the Paul and Ann Milburn Center, in Shawnee. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
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Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn
Shawnee 1957 graduates Danny Glenn and Walter Coffey stand by a bronze plaque dedicated to Glenn on May 4. After being shot down, Glenn spent six years at several Vietnamese POW camps. A bronze plaque was made with his story and is located outside of the Paul and Ann Milburn Center, in Shawnee. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Shawnee 1957 graduates Danny Glenn and Walter Coffey stand by a bronze plaque dedicated to Glenn on May 4. After being shot down, Glenn spent six years at several Vietnamese POW camps. A bronze plaque was made with his story and is located outside of the Paul and Ann Milburn Center, in Shawnee. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Shawnee 1957 graduates Danny Glenn and Walter Coffey stand by a bronze plaque dedicated to Glenn on May 4. After being shot down, Glenn spent six years at several Vietnamese POW camps. A bronze plaque was made with his story and is located outside of the Paul and Ann Milburn Center, in Shawnee. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn with 1957 classmates and family
Vietnam Veteran Danny Glenn with 1957 classmates and family
U.S. Navy Pilot Commander Danny Glenn was flying an A-4C Skyhawk over North Vietnam when he went across a clearing in the overcast clouds. It was the 135th mission of his second cruise when he was hit three times by anti-aircraft artillery.
It was three days before his 27th birthday in 1966 when he was captured and taken to a POW camp - one of five he would be moved to in the six year...
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