It has been our very great honor to work with Coca-Cola on these humble gifts of appreciation to four brave men who exemplify the very definition of "hero".
The Alcatraz Gang was a group of eleven American prisoners of war (POW) held separately during the Vietnam War because of their particular resistance to their North-Vietnamese captors. These eleven POWs were: George Thomas Coker, Jeremiah Denton, Harry Jenkins, Sam Johnson, George McKnight, James Mulligan, Howard Rutledge, Robert Shumaker, James Stockdale, Ronald Storz, and Nels Tanner. These prisoners were held in solitary confinement from 25 October 1967 to 9 December 1969 in a special facility (dubbed "Alcatraz" by Stockdale) behind the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, about a mile away from the Hanoi Hilton.
Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker, Captain James A. Mulligan, Jr., Colonel George G. McKnight, and Commander George T. Coker are coming together for a special Veterans Day event here in Atlanta.
Below: Crystal Coca-Cola bottles, engraved with each individual's name, rank, branch of service, and respectively, the official branch seal. Set into a custom acrylic and burlwood display case.
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