Crime & Safety
Apple Valley Officer Steps Up After Veteran's POW Flag Desecrated
Ever since Jim Kulsrud returned from the war, he's flown a POW flag outside his home to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action.
October 22, 2024
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — A Twin Cities Vietnam War veteran got an unpleasant surprise a few weeks back.
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As an Army medic, Jim Kulsrud spent three tough years in Vietnam. And ever since he returned from the war, he's flown a POW flag outside his home to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action.
"We have to remember what they went through, what they're going through today," Kulsrud said. "I came home. That's what meant a lot to me. We left an awful lot of people behind."
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