A Story of Captivity and Torture in North Korea

When “Skip” Schumacher of Trinity’s Class of 1965 passed away in 2018, he was a retired banker and financial advisor in St. Louis. But he merits recognition as one of the College’s most courageous alumni. A Navy officer held as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was beaten and tortured during eleven months in 1968. Yet he steadily upheld the crew’s unity and the leadership of his ship’s captain...