Two Souls Indivisible
“The Home Front The families of the early POWs were racked by uncertainty, not knowing the condition of their loved one, he was being treated, or whether he would return. One wife said her husband was "with the living dead." Coping took many different forms, but the wives of Halyburton and Cherry responded in extreme ways—for good and bad.
In October of 1965, Marty Halyburton was visiting an aunt in Atlanta when she heard a car pull up and several doors slam. She looked out the window and saw an... official Navy car; approaching the house were two men in uniform and a chaplain. They had found Marty by speaking with her relatives in Florida, whose house she had just left. Marty knew there was only one reason that a chaplain would visit a serviceman's wife at home: something had happened to Porter.
"The plane was shot down," an officer told her. Halyburton's jet hit a mountain, though his status—killed in action or missing in action—had not been determined. He held out little hope. "There was no parachute sighting," he said.MoreLess
In October of 1965, Marty Halyburton was visiting an aunt in Atlanta when she heard a car pull up and several doors slam. She looked out the window and saw an... official Navy car; approaching the house were two men in uniform and a chaplain. They had found Marty by speaking with her relatives in Florida, whose house she had just left. Marty knew there was only one reason that a chaplain would visit a serviceman's wife at home: something had happened to Porter.
"The plane was shot down," an officer told her. Halyburton's jet hit a mountain, though his status—killed in action or missing in action—had not been determined. He held out little hope. "There was no parachute sighting," he said.MoreLess
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