Jan. 23, 2020 Tap Code: Former POW, wife connect with Columbus AFB Airmen Retired Air Force Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris and his wife Louise signed more than 130 books for members of Team BLAZE at the Columbus Event Center here Jan. 10.
Feb. 7, 2018 8-year POW recalls return home 45 years later Stepping off the bus, recently freed American prisoners of war formed up from the tallest to shortest, stiff at attention facing Capt. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris and with a salute they defied their Vietnamese captors one final time.