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Eugene McDaniel | Cpt. Eugene McDaniel On 19 May 1967, while on his 81st combat mission over North Vietnam, Eugene 'Red' McDaniel was shot down while flying his A-6 Intruder aircraft. He was listed as 'missing in action' until 1970, when the Hanoi government acknowledged that he was being held prisoner. A POW for more that six years, McDaniel was released 4 March 1973, after the Vietnam cease-fire. Eugene McDaniel over his period as a POW he was repeatedly brutally tortured. Captain McDaniel resumed active duty and served as Commanding Officer of USS Niagara Falls and Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. Under his command, Lexington experienced no serious accidents while accomplishing more than 20,000 carrier landings. Red McDaniel is the author of Scars and Stripes, a book telling about his six years in a communist prison. |
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![]() ![]() | Intruder Outbound by William S Phillips. SOLD OUT | May 19th, 1967. Cpt. Eugene McDaniel is launched from USS Enterprise in an A-6 intruder on his fateful 81st combat mission over Vietnam. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
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