Marine Warrant Officer Thomas after he was released from a Hanoi Prison in 1973. Photographed at MCAS Kaneohe Hawaii by Donnie Shearer. The man is wearing his prison clothing,sitting on his mat with his food bowl wearing his "Charlie" slippers made form rubber tire casings. He said this is the way he spent the last 3 years in captivity. They are the "Proud, The Few and NOT Forgotten".

Marine Warrant Officer Thomas after he was released from a Hanoi Prison in 1973. Photographed at MCAS Kaneohe Hawaii by Donnie Shearer. The man is wearing his prison clothing,sitting on his mat with his food bowl wearing his "Charlie" slippers made form rubber tire casings. He said this is the way he spent the last 3 years in captivity. They are the "Proud, The Few and NOT Forgotten".