Comments on: Kathy Strong’s MIA bracelet

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:02 +0000

Please send your email address and/or phone number to me at tharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com, so that I can forward your contact information to Kathy Strong.

By: Julie Nellis

Julie Nellis — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:01:32 +0000

Good Morning ~ I would love to connect with Kathy Strong. Today would have been my father’s 72nd birthday. He was a Navy pilot, who flew off the USS Constellation. He is still an MIA (Laos, 1968)and I wear my grandmother’s bracelet that she wore up until her death in 1995. It has been 43 years for us as well. My dad has one more brother remaining, who is still very involved in the League of Family Members Missing in SE Asia, MIA/POW.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:28:43 +0000

I’ve contacted Kathy and will let you know what she says (I’m guessing she’ll agree).
Please email me your contact information at tharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com.
Thanks!

By: Destiny Maxon

Destiny Maxon — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:14:26 +0000

Theresa, I represent the Maxon Show which airs on AM 630 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mark Maxon, heard of Kathy Strong this week on CBS, and would love the opportunity to interview her on the next series titled “What the Next Generation of Americans Must Know and Do.” Her character is a monumental demonstration of what the young people of American could gain. Please let me know on how you and I can get in tough and we will go from there. Thank you for a great story.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:01:16 +0000

Theresa, you deserve an award for the story — YOU made this happen. Keep up the good work !

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:38:59 +0000

The City of Walnut Creek plans to invite Strong to their Memorial Day ceremony on May 30.
Strong called me this morning to tell me how touched she has been by the outpouring of gifts, cards, e-mails and mementos she has received in response to her story.
She also sweetly thanked me for my role in helping to make her presence at the funeral possible, since she would never have met Moreland’s family if I hadn’t written about her pledge to wear his bracelet until he was found.
“It’s just amazing what one story can do,” she told me.
That’s what keeps us reporters going!

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:22:41 +0000

Here’s the link to the CBS video about Kathy Strong finally taking her bracelet off before Moreland’s funeral: http://cbsloc.al/ivtphq

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By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:26:52 +0000

Kathy Strong called to tell me CBS will air its second installment about her tonight on Channel 5 from 5:30 to 6 PM as part of “Assignment America,” which is usually near the end of the show.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:29:56 +0000

Here’s the final chapter of Strong’s bracelet story: http://www.contracostatimes.com/walnut-creek-alamo/ci_18065573.
I wasn’t able to attend the funeral, but our former editor Mike Oliver, was there.