June 25, 2025 at 1:22 p.m.

Former POW to speak Saturday

Museum of the Soldier


A local history group will hear from a former prisoner of war during its annual meeting this weekend.

Captain Guy Dennis Gruters of Minster, Ohio, will speak during the Museum of the Soldier’s annual meeting Saturday at Pennville Community Gym. Gruters, a United States Air Force Academy and Purdue University graduate, served in South Vietnam. He was forced to eject over North Vietnam and taken prisoner of war in December 1967 He spent 1,912 days in captivity before being released during Operation Homecoming in March 1973.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the event Saturday, with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the program to follow. For more information, call (260) 766-4235.

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