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50 Years Later, Vietnam POW Shares Hard-Won Lessons of Captivity

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50 Years Later, Vietnam POW Shares Hard-Won Lessons of Captivity
Retired U.S. Navy Commander Porter Halyburton gave a speech about being a prisoner during the Vietnam War at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Virginia on May 21, 2025. Courtesy of Christian D. Orr
Christian D. Orr
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April 30, 2025, marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. As a second-generation military veteran, I commemorated that occasion by visiting the Vietnam exhibits at the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., and the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Christian D. Orr
Christian D. Orr
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Christian D. Orr has written for The National Interest, Simple Flying, National Security Journal (NSJ), and 19FortyFive. He is a former Air Force Security Forces officer, Federal law enforcement officer, and private military contractor (with assignments worked in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kosovo, Japan, Germany, and the Pentagon). Chris holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC) and an M.A. in Intelligence Studies (concentration in Terrorism Studies) from American Military University (AMU).