‘Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW’
Military.com | By Rebecca Kheel
Published October 29, 2024 at 2:34pm ET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Efforts to award Congress’ highest honor to a Navy pilot who was the second-longest held prisoner of war in U.S. military history are working their way through the legislative process.
Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half years in captivity after being shot down during a bombing mission during the Vietnam War.