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Colonel James "Nick" RoweColonel James "Nick" Rowe, a DeMolay of M.P. James Chapter in McAllen, Texas, and the Priory's namesake, was one of only thirty-four American prisoners of war to escape captivity during the Vietnam War. On October 29, 1963, after only three short months in the Republic of Vietnam, then-Lieutenant Rowe was captured by the Viet Cong and spent 62 months in captivity with only brief encounters with fellow American POWs. He escaped from his Vietnamese captors on December 31, 1968. Rowe had been promoted to Major during his captivity. He authored the book, Five Years to Freedom, an account of his years as a prisoner of war. Colonel Rowe retired from the United States Army in 1974.By February 1989, Colonel Rowe had acquired intelligence information which indicated that the communists were planning a major terrorist act. He warned Washington that a high-profile figure was about to be hit and that he himself was second or third on the assassination list. At around 7:00 in the morning of April 21, 1989, as he was being driven to work at the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group headquarters in an unarmored limousine, Colonel Rowe's vehicle was hit by gunfire from a .45 caliber pistol and an M16 rifle. Twenty-one shots hit the vehicle; one round entered through a slightly open window and struck Colonel Rowe in the head, killing him instantly. The New People's Army claimed responsibility for his assassination.
So look up ahead at times to come, The Order of KnighthoodThe Order of Knighthood is an appendant organization of older DeMolays. The Knighthood program is for active DeMolays between 17 and 21 years of age who are organized into a subordinate unit known as a Priory with its own officers and ritual. The Order of Knighthood made its debut in 1946, when its ritual was exemplified before the Grand Council, now known as DeMolay International's Supreme Council. Through the years, the activities of the Knights have consisted of social and educational programs geared to older DeMolays, with a special emphasis on career planning and coed activities. The official name of the order of Knighthood is the Chivalric Knights of the Holy Order of the Fellow Soldiers of Jacques DeMolay. It is not an honorary degree or award, but a working body whose purpose is to extend fellowship and serve the Order of DeMolay. The main functions of a Priory are to:
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