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Motivational speaker, former Navy pilot and prisoner of war, Capt. Charlie Plumb, addresses the audience during the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s lecture series, Airmen Everywhere, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif. Capt. Plumb spent six years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and now uses his experience to motivate others. (Sarah Corrice/Air Force)