Utah POWs recognized for their courage, sacrifice

SALT LAKE CITY — While many may see their 21st birthday as a symbol of new social freedom, 70-year-old Dale E. Rigby remembers his 21st birthday for the time he was spent in North Korean captivity.Rigby, a Clearfield native, was a baker aboard the USS Pueblo in 1968. On Jan. 23, he and 82 other Navy crewmen were surrounded by North Korean military vessels. Chased by a pair of fighter jets, three subchasers and two patrol boats, and with only a single working machine gun and no help on the