![]() ![]() ![]() A man of true grit, he set out across southeast Asia to find answers. The elder Pearce spent decades trying to get information from the government about his son, but since the operation in Laos was covert, he was forced to pursue many dead ends. He survived nearly three years in a prison camp and a march across the Alps before returning home. He was missing in action for months and finally taken as a POW in Stalag 17. Jack’s father, Edwin Pearce, himself a war hero, had jumped from a burning B-17 bomber over Germany in 1943. Young Pearce was in a covert operation in Laos when his plane was shot down in the jungle by a surface-to-air missile over the Ho Chi Min Trail on March 29, 1972. Jack followed his father, Edwin Pearce, into the Air Force and had signed up for his second tour of duty in Vietnam. Chief Master Sergeant Edwin “Jack” Pearce, the subject of Jessica Pearce Rotondi’s book, was a home-grown Milford boy who attended Delaware Valley Elementary School and graduated from Delaware Valley High School. The Pearce family has lived in Milford for decades. ![]()
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