Former Iraq POW looks back

Former Iraq POW looks back
20 years ago, Mike Roberts was shot down and captured by Iraqi troops
Jun 26, 2011
COLUMBUS -- The colonel in the olive drab flight suit picks up a remote control lying on his desk, aims it at the television mounted to his office wall and pushes play. The screen flickers on to a crude black and white video overlaid with numbers and symbols.

On the screen, from this bird's-eye view, jets careen through a morbid and magnificent fireworks display as rockets race up from below. The horizon tilts sharply as just ahead, a rocket finds its target. "Stroke One took a hit! Stroke One took a hit!" says an adrenaline-laced voice that transports the colonel in the flight suit back 20 years into the cockpit of his F-16 fighter jet. A moment later, another missile finds its mark.
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Former Iraq POW looks back