Page 4 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 “Never forget them” Saugus Veterans Council remembers the POW/MIA veterans who never came home Lynn English High School JROTC cadets First Lt. Yubitza Meono, Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Diana Cuevas, Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Emely Robles, Cadet 2nd Lt. Melissa Aispuro and Cadet Staff Sgt. Yareliz Coriano salute to Prisoners Of War who never returned home during battle. By Tara Vocino M embers of the Saugus Veterans Council conducted their Prisoner of War/ Missing In Action Ceremony, remembering all who never came home, at Veterans Park on Sept.17. Saugus Veterans Council Members of the Beverly High School JROTC Honor Guard: Cadets Rebollo (Army), Cabana (Marines), Bartlett (Navy), Mora (Air Force) and Utne (Coast Guard) stand at attention. (Saugus Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Shown, from left to right, are Veterans Randolph Briand (Vietnam from 1967 to 1969), Marty Graney (Marine Corps in the Far East), Saugus Veterans Council member Mary McKenzie and VFW Past Commander Nicholas Milo are shown at recent POW/MIA ceremony at Veterans Park. Commander Stephen Castinetti, who is a retired USN captain, said his friend, LCDR Stephen Harris, was a POW in North Korea in 1968 during the Vietnam War. His ship, the USS Pueblo, was attacked in international waters by North Korea. “One crew member was killed, and the rest of the crew was captured and held by the North Koreans for 11 months,” Castinetti said. “During that time they were threatened with death, tortured and beaten on a daily basis.” They were released just before Christmas in 1968. Harris passed away last May. Other veterans there said they fortunately didn’t know any POW/MIA. A prisoner of war is someone who is held captive by an enemy during or immediately following war. Veterans missing in action may have been killed, wounded, captured, executed or deserted.
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