Honor Under Pressure: Commander Halyburton, Class of ’63 speaking at Davidson Monday, November 17
All All MECA BackblastsNovember 14th, 2014
Davidson College is hosting a free lecture on Monday night. This may be of interest to F3 Pax. Commander Halyburton is a 1963 graduate of Davidson College who spent 7 1/2 years as a POW in Vietnam. Tickets are free but you need one to get in:
http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1852948&cobrand=davidsontickets;
Official announcement below:
Honor Under Pressure: Commander Halyburton ’63
Monday, November 17 2014, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Davidson College warmly welcomes distinguished alumnus Commander Porter Halyburton ’63, who will share his experience as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam in a presentation titled“Honor Under Pressure: Reflections of a Former POW in North Vietnam.”
CDR Porter Halyburton was born in Miami, Fla. and raised in Davidson where he attended and graduated from Davidson College. While in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Navy, CDR Halyburton was taken as a prisoner of war. The Vietnamese placed CDR Halyburton in a cell with Fred Cherry, a highly skilled African-American Air Force pilot, in an attempt to highlight racial tensions as a means for attaining U.S. intelligence. To the contrary, the two formed an unexpected lifelong friendship, a brotherhood that no enemy could shatter.
The presentation is hosted by the Davidson College Honor Council and co-sponsored by the Vann Center for Ethics.
The event is free, open to the public, and requires a ticket.
Ticket can be purchased online or by phone at 704-894-2135.
Learn more about the Davidson College Honor Code.
Location
Knobloch Campus Center DFPH-Duke Family Performance Hall
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Rotunda, Alec L
alrotunda@davidson.edu
8 Comments on “Honor Under Pressure: Commander Halyburton, Class of ’63 speaking at Davidson Monday, November 17”
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Aye. In.
I’m also taking 2.0 (13 yr old).
Cool. see you there Goat.
You should read the book “Two Souls Indivisible” about the relationship between Halyburton and Cherry.
I will do that. Thanks.
PDiddy, I have a copy you can read. I will bring it to the talk.
thanks!
Amazing guy and great story. I remember watching his coming home parade in Davidson when I was a little kid. Take your kids they will benefit.