South Vietnam claims victory near Dak To. Casualties reported United States evacuates 4 fire bases near Saigon for lack of activity. United States helicopter finds Army sergeant Kenneth Gregory wandering in Vietnam jungle Friday Viet Cong claim they released him. Gregory now at Fort Sill, OK.
For Charlie Plumb, a retired Navy captain shot down after 74 successful missions, seeing many of the guys he was held with in a North Vietnamese prison was an indescribable experience on Tuesday, May 23. “Seeing these guys I haven’t seen in a long time is really neat, especially when
Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen’s “Six Years In Hell” Brandon Emerson AP American History Period five Due 10/21/96 The book I have chosen to read for this review is one entitled “SIX YEARS IN HELL.” It is a book written by one Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen in a first
August 25, 1972 dawned hot and muggy in Vietnam. Pilots of Fighter Squadron 161, stationed aboard USS Midway (CV 41), readied their aircraft and went over the day’s flight plan. Their mission was an early evening MiG combat air patrol over North Vietnam. Lt. John “Jack” Ensch would serve as
For nearly a year, Kailua resident Emilia Thomas never knew that her husband, a Marine Corps aviation observer, was alive after being shot down in Vietnam and being held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi. “That’s the only thing that still bothers me,” said retired Marine Chief Warrant Officer