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Lt. Col. (ret) Jay Hess stands in a replica of a prison cell at the Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy, UT July 2, 2010. He spent seven years in a similar cell as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. Hess's F-105 Thunderchief was shot down over North Vietnam August 24, 1967 where he was taken prisoner and held for 2,030 days untill released November 1, 1973. He currently lives in Farmington, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)
100702-F-6875C-002.JPG Photo By: SSgt Tim Chacon

May 6, 2016
Hill AFB - Lt. Col. (ret) Jay Hess stands in a replica of a prison cell at the Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy, UT July 2, 2010. He spent seven years in a similar cell as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. Hess's F-105 Thunderchief was shot down over North Vietnam August 24, 1967 where he was taken prisoner and held for 2,030 days untill released November 1, 1973. He currently lives in Farmington, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)


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