Iran Hostage Crisis Veteran Shares Story of Trauma and Faith

George Mihalcea

Rodney “Rocky” Sickmann is devoutly religious.  So religious in fact that before he left home for the challenges of Marine Corps bootcamp, his mother gave him a simple message: “Make sure you pray, because someday you’re going to need that.”  No kidding.  On Nov. 4, 1979, while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sickmann became one of 66 American hostages captured by Iranian revolutionaries. Sickmann, a staff sergeant, would be held captive for 444 days in what became known

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Iran Hostage Crisis Veteran Shares Story of Trauma and Faith https://www.military.com - 16.11.2025 16:06