Newt Heisley

He attended Syracuse University, graduating with a degree in fine arts, after which he worked as a graphic artist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

[1] After the completion of his military service, Heisley spent more than two decades working at advertising firms in the New York City area.

[2] "You Are Not Forgotten", the words that appear on the bottom of the flag, came to Heisley as he recalled his military experience as a pilot flying lengthy missions on C-47 Skytrain transport planes over the South Pacific with the thought coming to his mind that he could end up "being taken prisoner and being...

[1] In 1988, the POW/MIA flag flew over the White House for the first time and it was installed on permanent display in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in 1989.

[1] After years of deteriorating health, Heisley died at age 88 on May 14, 2009, in his home in Colorado Springs, a week before he had planned to marry his fiancée, Donna Allison.