THE WALL OF FACES

I am the Curator of the POW/MIA Bracelet Display in the Vietnam Hangar of the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California where we now have over two thousand bracelets and would be honored to include your bracelet in our Display.
Dr. Dave Thompson
Palm Springs Air Museum
POW/MIA Bracelet Display Curator
Lt. Commander U.S. Navy 1964-1970
10-103 Lakeview Dr. Rancho Mirage, Ca 92270
760-328-0859 [email protected]

The Department of Defense conducted ceremonies at the Pentagon and at Hickam Air Force Base on Friday, 16 September 2022 in commemoration of POW/MIA Recognition Day. DoD Officials the 1,582 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Since the 2021 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 2 Vietnam War MIAs. Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA Class of 1963, is one of those 1,582 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is also one of 10 graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who is still MIA. The other 9 USMA MIAs (rank, name & class) are: (1) Col. Wallace Hynds (1945); (2) Col. Herbert Brennan (1947); (3) Col. John Armstrong (1949); (4) Maj. Carl Mitchell (1950); (5) Col. Joseph Austin (1952); (6) Col. Lawrence Tatum (1953); (7) Col. Robert Stewart (1953); (8) CPT H.R. "Rocky" Versace (1959); & (9) MAJ James “Cliff” McKittrick (1964).

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…..

Never forget.

HOOAH

The “Friends of Rocky Versace” remember both one of Rocky’s fellow alumni from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Vietnam War MIA, Captain James Vernon Dawson, USMA Class of 1963, USAF, on what would’ve been his 81st birthday - 16 February 2021.