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Monday, July 29, 2013

Sadly We Report The Passing Of Colonel George E. "Bud" Day; "A true American hero flown West"; Washington Post: Col. ‘Bud’ Day, Medal of Honor recipient who was McCain’s POW cellmate in Vietnam, dies at 88

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On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Tom Hanton wrote:

Today we lost a great leader, unwavering patriot, and to many of us, a very good friend. America lost a warrior among warriors.

Col. Bud Day made his final take off to join God and his be among his many friends. He left peacefully with family by his side. No more pain, only peace.

GBU Bud, we will dearly miss you.

Tom Hanton

President, NAM POWs

Association of Vietnam War POWs

MIAMI — Retired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.

Day, one of the nation’s most highly decorated servicemen since Gen. Douglas MacArthur and later a tireless advocate for veterans’ rights, died Saturday surrounded by family at his home in Shalimar, after a long illness, Doris Day said.

“He would have died in my arms if I could have picked him up,” she said.
Day received the Medal of Honor for escaping his captors for 10 days after the aircraft he was piloting was shot down over North Vietnam. In all, he earned more than 70 medals during service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

He was an enlisted Marine serving in the Pacific during World War II and an Air Force pilot in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

In Vietnam, he was McCain’s cellmate at one camp known as the Plantation and later in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, where he was often the highest-ranking captive. During his imprisonment, the once-muscular, 5-foot-9 Day was hung by his arms for days, tearing them from their sockets. He was freed in 1973 — a skeletal figure of the once dashing fighter pilot. His hands and arms never functioned properly again.

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George E. Day
Col. Day in dress uniform.
Nickname	Bud
Born	February 24, 1925 Sioux City, Iowa
Died	July 27, 2013 (aged 88) Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Air Force United States Army United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1942 - 1945 (Marine Corps) 1945 - 1950 (Army) 1950 - 1977 (Air Force)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	37th TFW Misty FAC (Commando Sabre Super FACs) ^[1]
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War
Awards	Medal of Honor Air Force Cross Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star (4) with Combat "V" Defense Meritorious Service Medal Purple Heart (4) Air Medal (10) Prisoner of War Medal
Other work	Author, Return with Honor Partner, Day and Meade Law Firm