{"id":24950,"date":"2025-09-24T07:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24950"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:44:56","slug":"former-pow-shares-a-special-journey-of-resilience-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24950","title":{"rendered":"Former POW shares a special journey of resilience and hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the lobby of the VA Outpatient Clinic in Conroe, Texas, Navy Veteran Mike Penn engages in conversation with fellow Veterans, reminiscing about their military experiences and sharing war stories. As a Navy fighter pilot who served in Vietnam over 50 years ago, Penn has a remarkable story to tell.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/142820\/former-pow-shares-journey-resilience-hope\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/142820\/former-pow-shares-journey-resilience-hope\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) In the lobby of the VA Outpatient Clinic in Conroe, Texas, Navy Veteran Mike Penn engages in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,7],"tags":[180,87,245],"class_list":["post-24950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ptsd","category-veterans-benefits","tag-ptsd","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24951,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24950\/revisions\/24951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}