FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Twenty-five years ago, retired Sgt. 1st Class Dan Stamaris became a prisoner of war. In the desert of Iraq in February 1991, it took only five seconds for Stamaris, the crew chief and gunner of a Black Hawk helicopter, to become a Soldier captured by the enemy. In those seconds, he went from shooting down the enemy to being one of only three survivors of a wartime helicopter crash. During the next eight days, the badly injured Stamaris was left for dead twice, threatened with mutilation and death, and paraded through villages as a war trophy.
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06-15-2016, 11:35 AM
Gulf War POW Survived Through Faith And Hope
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