What It’s REALLY Like to Be a POW in a Vietnamese Prison Camp

VIDEO: Retired Air Force Pilot Howard Hill talks about his five years in a Vietnamese Prisoner of War Camp. He tells the harrowing story of his shoot down and capture by communist north Vietnamese militias, his grueling five-year imprisonment in a Hanoi camp for captured Americans, and his release back to his loving wife and family in the United States.

PAL Soccer Opens Fall Registration – Sign Up Details Here

A graphic about PAL soccer in Niceville, Florida.

For three decades, Vietnam War Hero Howard Hill has served in a different role – PAL Soccer League President. The fighter pilot and POW has seen the number of players grow every yearโ€”from 800 in the early 90s to more than 1,200 last year. They’ve seen growth every year except a dip of 350 kids during the ‘COVID year’ in 2020.

Niceville War Hero Receives Vietnam Memento

a man and a woman pose for a photo

A special gift Thank yous come in all sorts of ways. Colonel Howard Hill received his at Marchโ€™s Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber Breakfast as a small metal bracelet that another airman wore more than 50 years ago.ย  ย  The owner, Lieutenant Colonel Fred Hills, wore it during Howard Hillโ€™s time as a prisoner of war in the […]

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A drone view of the activity on Boggy Bayou before the annual fireworks festival put on every year by the cities of Niceville  and Valparaiso.