Jokerswild
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Folks;
We had finished shooting his segment but I wanted to report the unfortunate news that Mr. Newt Heisley passed away today, one week before he was to be married.
Mr. Heisley was the principal subject in my film. He was the designer of the POW/MIA flag that we have all seen. It is subject of my film. Just a little information for my friends here. Newt Heisley was a WWII veteran who flew troop transport planes in the South Pacific. He was 88 years young. A walking Google who could speak fluently on any subject, a creative and humble man who's aircraft was once attacked on the ground by a Kamikaze pilot. He often wondered what it would be like to be taken captive during the war. Later Newt was the principal designer for an ad agency that created the flag during the Vietnam War. The bowed head on the flag was modeled after his son, a marine recruit who became ill during basic training and returned home quite emaciated. Although the flag was created during the Vietnam era, Newt said he wanted the flag to be a symbol for all veterans. My film becomes all the more important to me now as I want it to be a memoriam to my good friend. I just wish he could have lived long enough to see it come to completion. The words on Newt's flag now have very special meaning.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
www.powmiafilm.com
note: after the services I plan to place a tribute to Newt on the film's website. I didn't think it appropriate to place the tribute there now.
We had finished shooting his segment but I wanted to report the unfortunate news that Mr. Newt Heisley passed away today, one week before he was to be married.
Mr. Heisley was the principal subject in my film. He was the designer of the POW/MIA flag that we have all seen. It is subject of my film. Just a little information for my friends here. Newt Heisley was a WWII veteran who flew troop transport planes in the South Pacific. He was 88 years young. A walking Google who could speak fluently on any subject, a creative and humble man who's aircraft was once attacked on the ground by a Kamikaze pilot. He often wondered what it would be like to be taken captive during the war. Later Newt was the principal designer for an ad agency that created the flag during the Vietnam War. The bowed head on the flag was modeled after his son, a marine recruit who became ill during basic training and returned home quite emaciated. Although the flag was created during the Vietnam era, Newt said he wanted the flag to be a symbol for all veterans. My film becomes all the more important to me now as I want it to be a memoriam to my good friend. I just wish he could have lived long enough to see it come to completion. The words on Newt's flag now have very special meaning.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
www.powmiafilm.com
note: after the services I plan to place a tribute to Newt on the film's website. I didn't think it appropriate to place the tribute there now.
