July, 2002
Featured Veteran
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Major Robert Hooks
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Branch of Service:
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U.S.M.C.
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Era:
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Viet Nam
1962-1968
POW 1968 - 1970
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Medals:
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1 Silver Star
2 Bronze Stars
5 Purple Hearts
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Hung in tree for 30 days w/o clothes w/o weapon.
Tortured and used as a decoy to lure his fellow Marines into the jungle
where they were ambushed and killed. He was shot 3 times. Paralyzed.
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Photographs by Peggy Fontenot
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