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Veteran’s Day Program -- A Conversation with Everett Alvarez Jr, The 2nd Longest Held POW in History

Everett Alvarez Jr. of Rockville, MD was the first American aviator shot down over North Vietnam, he was held as a prisoner of war for eight and a half years.

Rockville Memorial Library will hold a conversation session with Alvarez. Admission is free.

This even is in partnership with the County's Commission on Veterans Affairs.

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