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  • Ex-POWs hoist flags: Ceremony honors American freedoms

    01/23/2006 5:00:15 PM PST · by SandRat · 4 replies · 276+ views
    Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | Jan 23, 2006 | Michael Sullivan
    SIERRA VISTA — His Army outfit thought he was dead, but Al Waller survived five months in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II and was on hand Sunday afternoon to help hoist a POW/MIA Flag, along with a U.S. Flag that once flew over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. About 50 people gathered for a sun-drenched ceremony in the parking lot of the Sierra Vista Elks Lodge for a ceremony honoring the new flags. Waller was a guest speaker. Sierra Vista Mayor Tom Hessler, commenting on what he considered a small turnout noted...