A picture of Andre’ Guillet is displayed on a billboard during the POW/MIA vigil. Guillet, of Waterbury, was in the U.S. Air Force and went missing during the Vietnam War. His remains have not been recovered. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
From left, Bill Brewer and Bob Genovese of the Naugatuck VFW, Tom Honyotski on the Naugatuck American Legion, Phil Arcuri and Bryan Curtis of the Naugatuck VFW, James Jeanette, Manny Matos and Bob Stauffer of the Catholic War Veterans Post 708. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
A soldier’s equipment solemnly stood on the Naugatuck Town Green to symbolize those soldiers who are missing in action. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Bob Stauffer, left, and Manny Matos of the Catholic War Veterans Post 708 salute the flag during the playing of the National Anthem. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Joe Rannazzisi spends an hour locked up Saturday morning on the Naugatuck Town Green as part of a POW/MIA vigil. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Mike Devivo and Andy Morrissey spend an hour locked up Saturday morning on the Naugatuck Town Green as part of a POW/MIA vigil. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
From left, Tony Saranbrea, Leonard Romaniello, Col. John Chiarella of the Waterbury Veterans Memorial Committee, and Chaplin Charles B. Hagearty of the Naugatuck Capital War Veterans. ELIO GUGLIOTTI
NAUGTUCK — The VFW Post 1946, American Legion Post 17 and the Catholic War Veterans Post 708, held a POW/MIA vigil all day Saturday, June 18 at the Gazebo on the Town Green.
Volunteers representing prisoners of war spent an hour in a bamboo cage to raise awareness about the plight of prisoners of war and the many soldiers who are still missing in action. The vigil is held annually to help ensure the government’s responsibility to continue searching for soldiers missing in action and bring them home to bring closure to their families.
