TThese pages are dedicated to the memory of Charles E. Shelton and from the inspiration of Frank Roberts. They will be maintained and updated as frequently as we can. We wish to help all our visitors to learn more of the man in the cockpit that fateful day and also the other patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and belief's. Below is a second view of the memorial constructed in his honor in his home town of Owensboro, Kentucky.

2003 POW/MIA Poster Sept 19th, 2003

Nominate Charles for a commission in The Commemorative Air Force Nominate Charles for a commission as a Kentucky Colonel

Every year, by proclamation, the President of the United States declares April 9th as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day." This date honors those that CAME HOME. In the past decade, an average of TWELVE returnees have died EACH DAY. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is by law, the 3rd Friday in September every year. This date honors those men and women still held in enemy hands or buried on foreign soil. On August 10, 1990, the Congress passed a bill recognizing the black and white, POW/MIA flag as "the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fate of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia..." In 1997, bills passed the House and Senate mandating the POW/MIA flag be flown on specific holidays. The 1998 Defense Authorization act noted that the flag MUST be flown on: Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, Veterans Day, Independence Day, POW/MIA Recognition Day. In 1998, the Veterans Administration noted the flag will fly EVERY day at their facilities.