George E. "Bud" Day, who served in three wars, created the famed "Misty FAC" unit in Vietnam, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war, died in July at age 88. Day, who rose to the rank of colonel in the Air Force, also was an attorney who, after retiring from the service, was instrumental in getting the US government to make the Tricare program available to veterans of World War Ⅱ and Korea. He also joined the two presidential campaigns of his one-time cellmate in North Vietnam, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). He was one of the most decorated US military men since Douglas MacArthur, with some 70 medals.
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