Veteran’s Program to Feature POWs

On Sunday, November 12 beginning at 2 p.m., there will be a dual Veteran’s Day Presentation about POWs by HB Puckett and Dave Mckee at Kearney Hall.

Puckett will present The POW Experience in North Vietnam, An Overview: About the hundreds of American servicemen that were captured and held in various locations during the Vietnam War. This presentation gives an overview of the experiences of these soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and the conditions of their captivity.

McKee will present The Ryan Park Site: Abou a Civilian Conservation Corps & Camp; WW II POW Camp in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Southern Wyoming. In 1879, Tom T. Ryan established a sawmill in this open park on the west slope of the Medicine Bow Mountains. In the 1930’s a Civilian Conservation Camp was established here from which the crews constructed the buildings and roads still used on the Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest today. With the outbreak of WW-ll the site was converted to a POW camp for Italians and Germans. Dave McKee will share photos and stories of the men in these camps.

The presentations are sponsored or co-sponsored by the Association sponsored by the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association Events 2023 (Please note some events are in planning stages. Additional programs may be added).