hey wats that thing?? (Emailed John Mc Cain) now i called

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wow its got a name on it UPDATE

 

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Re: hey wats that thing??

dig it up dig it up

 

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wow Lt. Col. Jack Bomar. Now this man wuz tough

 

[aa battery]

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Whoa.. THAT'S quite a guy: Col Jack W. Bomar, USAF (Ret) Prisoner of War: 2/4/1967-3/4/1973


2220 days as a POW.

yup

 

[aa battery]

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Whoa.. THAT'S quite a guy: Col Jack W. Bomar, USAF (Ret) Prisoner of War: 2/4/1967-3/4/1973


2220 days as a POW.

yup

So I take it that bracelet was issued sometime between his capture in 1967 and his release in 1973..

Sadly, he passed away a few years ago, all I could find... Doesn't have a date just says he died of pancreatic cancer...

HELL of an American..
and HELL of a find...

that he was 8)

 

[ivan salis]

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you got a "never forget them" pow / mia bracelet -- that one "returned" many never did , --its a historical find in it own right. -- it showed that the american people cared about the POW'S / MIA'S deeply. ---6 YEARS AND 1 MONTH of a mans life in a living hell are in that bracelet. -- feb 4th 1967 to march 4th 1973

Bomar was the man John McCain talked to by "tap code" while McCain was a POW .

Bomer was born June 10th, 1926, he died on May 21st , 2009 in Arizona of cancer of the pancreas.

(correction made)*

 

[dave5339]

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My wife still wears a POW bracelet.

Her original POW "came home" several years ago after his remains were ID'd. She sent her everyday bracelet and a note to his mother. Her "dress" bracelet that she was wearing the day we were married went to the Vietnam Wall.

After a bit of research she found another Marine to adopt. After all, she has a soft spot for Marines.

Semper Fi

 

[Slabman]

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you got a "never forget them" pow / mia bracelet -- that one "returned" many never did , --its a historical find in it own right. -- it showed that the american people cared about the POW'S / MIA'S deeply. ---6 YEARS AND 1 MONTH of a mans life in a living hell are in that bracelet. -- feb 4th 1967 to march 4th 1973

Bomar was the man John McCain talked to by "tap code" while McCain was a POW .

Bomer was born in Pasadena , Texas April 17th of 1955 , he died on Jan 4th ,2006 in Arizona of cancer of the pancreas.

after the war he worked for the Arizona Repubican party for 14 years --then the state oif Arizona in ADOA fleet management.

Just a little correction on the birth date :
Name: Jack Williamson Bomar
Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force, NAV
Unit: 41st TRS
Date of Birth:10 June 1926
Home City of Record: Ft. Madison IA
Date of Loss: 04 February 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 221546N 1055300E (WK910620)
Status (in 1973): Released POW
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: EB66C

 

[Deepdiger60]

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Historic find indeed he was the toughest of tough to put up years of that abuse in the Hanoi Hilton POW camp i was on duty up on the DMZ when the distress call came in that his craft was hit and going down but when it was discovered how far north it was just a few miles from the China border the mission was canceled to send my recon patrol for a possible rescue . That bracelet is a precious thing do the right thing with it Jim

 

[aa battery]

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Historic find indeed he was the toughest of tough to put up years of that abuse in the Hanoi Hilton POW camp i was on duty up on the DMZ when the distress call came in that his craft was hit and going down but when it was discovered how far north it was just a few miles from the China border the mission was canceled to send my recon patrol for a possible rescue . That bracelet is a precious thing do the right thing with it Jim

what do you suggest?

 

[baylorhall]

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I still have my bracelet. Wore it all through high school. My pilot never came home.
Cool find!

 

[allen]

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awesome piece of history and I vote banner on it !

 

[aa battery]

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awesome piece of history and I vote banner on it !

thanks bro but the only i can make the banner here is send Jeff $500

 

[Wheresthegoodstuff]

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Cool find, good to see your getting out.

 

[aa battery]

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Cool find, good to see your getting out.

yes and how are you?

 

[mainer]

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Amazing!

 

[Produce Guy]

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When I was a kid growing up in the 1960's I and all my classmates (3rd grade,1969),had these bracelets,our teacher's husband was shot down and was a P.O.W. for 3 years.When the war was over I found out my guy came home alive.Let's shoot forwards to the computer age I find out that the guy was living in a tiny town in the Tx. panhandle so I mailed it to him and he mailed me back a really nice letter thanking me.
I 've also now (2010) that they have red bracelet's,I'm just wondering if these are for P.O.W.'s or guys/girls that have passed away.?

 

[aa battery]

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just E-mailed John Mc Cain bout this braclet.

 

[thrillathahunt]

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[kansas coin hunter]

Re: hey wats that thing?? (Emailed John Mc Cain ya never know)

i have belonged to our mia pow awerness group and march in all the parades and also belong to the amrican legion and iam a vietnam vet also welcome bros sisters