Word: risner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think it's good-tasting," he said. But later, whenever the TWA hostess offered a choice of food on the flight back to the U.S., Frishman said, "I don't care-as long as it's not pork fat and pumpkin." Lieut. Colonel James Robinson Risner (TIME Cover, April 23, 1965), who was shot down over Thanh Hoa later that year, was one of four U.S. pilots interviewed by the peace group. He told them that there was enough to eat and that the food was always "fresh from the stove." He said, probably facetiously, that...
Enduring Hope. Medical attention for the prisoners seems to be adequate. Frishman's arm was so badly damaged that he feared he would lose it. "It would have been much easier just to amputate the arm," he said. "But they operated and saved it." Risner told the peace group that even at the height of the bombing around Hanoi in 1967, his captors treated him for kidney stones and put him on a special diet. He reported that medics regularly check the prisoners. Once illnesses are reported to guards, the prisoner receives prompt attention. According to Risner, each prisoner...
After seven months of silence and uncertainty, the family in Oklahoma City had happy news. In an envelope bearing North Vietnamese stamps, Air Force Lieut. Colonel James Robinson Risner, 41, (TIME cover, April 23, 1965), sent word to his wife Kathleen and their five children: "I am in perfect health and excellent spirits. All my needs are supplied." Listed as missing in action since his F-105 Thunderchief was blasted down by ground fire near the North Vietnamese town of Thanh Hoa, Robbie Risner didn't indicate where he was being held prisoner, but he did write that...
Last week he almost made it again. Nursing their crippled craft, the two pilots kept airborne for 170 miles-then had to eject near the town of Thanh Hoa, within sight of the water but still over Ho Chi Minh's real estate. Risner landed in a paddyfield, his buddy several miles away. Their squadron mates, circling them, saw both flyers on the ground with no signs of injuries. But by the time rescue aircraft from the carrier Independence reached the area, Risner and his buddy had disappeared, and the beeps from Risner's emergency transmitter had ceased...
...Saigon, a military official said hopefully, "Risner is a pro. A guy like this is just liable to come walking outta there one of these days." Once before, back in 1949, after his P-51 was blown off course and landed in the Mexican jungle, Risner had been given up for lost only to emerge three days later astride a burro. This time the odds were against him. Thanh Hoa is alive with North Vietnamese troops...