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Article: 'HERITAGE' SPEAKERS OFFER INSIGHTS ON PRIDE, SACRIFICE, SERVICE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Material Command issued the following press release:
Col. William F. Andrews, who as a captain and F-16 mission commander was shot down over hostile territory and held prisoner of war during Desert Storm in 1991, highlighted another inspiring Heritage of Freedom event at the Minuteman Club Oct. 29.
Providing close air support to special operations personnel under heavy fire deep inside enemy territory, Colonel Andrews began considering the risks, he told the standing-room-only crowd. Everything had been going great for the first month and a half of the air campaign, despite a couple of close calls. But this time he began to wonder: ...