Vietnam Capture Photos – Maine Military Museum

Unknown pilot

Captured 04-30-1967. Released 02-18-1973 (Kissinger 20 Special Release Group) 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 04-30-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 08-05-1964. Released 02-12-1973. Longest held pilot in North Vietnam. Squadron: VA-144 Aircraft: A-4C

Captured 02-03-1968. Relased 03-05-1973. Captured in South Vietnam. Unit: Armed Forces Radio Television Service – HQ MACV Captured Tet Offensive February 1968.

Captured 10-17-1967. Released 03-14-1973. 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 05-03-1972. Released 03-28-1973. 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4E

Captured 03-23-1961. Released 08-15-1962. Military Attache Aircraft: C-47

Captured 03-17-1966. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-94 Aircraft: A-4C

Captured 06-24-1972. Released 03-28-1973. 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Lt Carroll Beeler, USN (right, image taken at Clark Airbase Hospital March 1973)

Captured 05-24-1972. Released 03-28-1973. Squadron: VF-24 Aircraft: F-8J

Captured 07-27-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 05-19-67 Released 03-04-73. Squadron: VF-24 Aircraft: F-8C

Captured 11-11-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 431st Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 09-20-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 41st Air Rescue Squadron Aircraft: HH-43B

Captured 06-21-1966. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VF-211 Aircraft: F-8E

Captured 09-04-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 33rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Col Jack Bomar Fidel Torture Group

1st Lt John Borling, USAF, (left). Capt Richard "Pop" Keirn (right)

(Borling) Captured 06-01-1966. Released 02-12-1973. 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C Retired as Maj General. (Keirn) Captured 07-24-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C Also a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Captured 08-07-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 07-08-1966. Released 02-12-1973. 33rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 10-18-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 09-16-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Lt Phillip Butler, USN (right). Lt Hayden Lockhart (left)

(Butler) Captured 04-20-1965. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-22 Aircraft: A-4C (Lockhart) Captured 03-02-1965 Released 02-12-1973 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-100D

Captured 08-31-1967. Released 03-14-1973. Squadron: VA-163 Aircraft: A-4E

Captured 11-01-1966. Released 03-04-1973. Squadron: VA-72 Aircraft: A-4E From Sanford, Mainah. Fake NVA posed picture, not at capture.

Captured 11-01-1966. Released 03-04-1973. From Sanford, Mainah. Fake NVA posed picture, not at capture.

Captured 12-18-1972. Released 03-29-1973. 43rd Strategic Wing Aircraft: B-52G “Christmas Raids 1972”

Citadel North Vietnamese Prison Camp in Hanoi

a/k/a The Plantation

Captured 11-19-1967. Released 03-14-1973. Squadron: VR-151 Aircraft: F-4B

Captured 02-03-1966. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: RVAH-13 Aircraft: RA-5C

Captured 07-05-1968. Released 03-14-1973. 433th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F4-D

Captured 12-26-1972. Released 02-12-1973. 307th Bomb Wing Aircraft: B-52D “Christmas Raids 1972”

Captured 12-29-1964. Early release 02-07-1967. South Vietnam Army Advisor Maine’s First POW in Vietnam.

a/k/a The Zoo

a/k/a The Zoo

Captured 08-26-1965. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-152 Aircraft: A-1H “Spad” Smuggled out MACO the puppy.

Captured 07-18-1965. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-75 Aircraft: A-6A

Captured 03-17-1968. Released 03-14-1973. Squadron: VA-35 Aircraft: A-6A

Captured 04-02-1966. Released 02-12-1973. 45th Tactical Recon Squadron Aircraft: RF-101

469th Tactical Fighter Squadron Captured: 04/24/1966 Released: 02/12/1973

Captured 02-18-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105F

Captured 08-27-1972. Released 03-29-1973. Squadron: VF-151 Aircraft: F-4B

Captured 03-10-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105F

Captured 12-02-1966. Released 02-18-1973. 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C Kissinger 20 Special Release Group.

Captured 06-27-1972. Released 03-28-1973. 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4E

Captured 05-12-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 06-17-1966. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-216 Aircraft: A-4C

Captured 02-16-1972. Released 03-28-1973. 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4D

Captured 02-03-1968. Released 03-05-1973. Detachment 5 Armed Forces Viet Nam Captured in South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, February 1968.

Ltjg Paul Galanti, USN (right). O2 David Gray, USAF (left)

Galanti Captured 06-17-1966. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-216 Aircraft: A-4C Gray Captured 01-23-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 03-11-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 01-14-1969. Released 02-12-1973. 352nd Transportation Captured in South Vietnam/Cambodia

Captured 04-04-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D (Fourth USAF POW captured)

Captured 04-06-1967. Released 08-05-1969. Ship: USS Canberra

Seaman E-2 Douglas Hegdahl, USN (right). Lt Cdr Richard "The Beak" Stratton, USN (left)

Hegdahl Captured 04-06-1967. Released 08-05-1969. USS Canberra (Special Early Release) Stratton Captured 01-05-1967 Released 03-04-1973 Squadron: VA-192 Aircraft: A-4E

Captured 04-03-1972. Released 03-27-1973. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron Aircraft: OV-1-A Captured in South Vietnam.

Captured 07-20-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 41st Tactical Recon Squadron Aircraft: EB-66C

Captured 12-26-1972. Released 03-29-1973. 307th BW Aircraft: B-52D “Christmas Raids 1972”

Captured 07-06-1967. Released 03-04-1973. 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 02-18-1967. Released 02-18-1973. 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105F Kissinger 20 Special Release Group.

Captured 08-08-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D B29 Gunner, WW II. Korean War Ace. Three time recipient of the Air Force Cross.

Captured 06-06-1964. Escaped 08-31-1964. Squadron: VFP-63 Aircraft: RF-8A

Captured 07-29-1972. Released 03-29-1973. 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4E

Captured 05-06-1966. Released 02-12-1973. 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Lt Mike Lane, USAF 559th TFS, F-4C 12-02-1968 to 02-18-1973 Retired as a Colonel

Capt Hayden Lockhart, USAF (First USAF POW)

Captured 03-02-1965. Released 02-12-1973. 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-100D

Captured 09-26-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Maj Mo Baker, USAF F-105 09-1967 to 03-14-1973

Major Ray Merritt 9-16-1965 to 2-12-1973 USAF Colonel

Capt Marion Anthony "Tony" Marshall, USAF

Captured 07-03-1972. Released 03-29-1973. 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4E

Captured 08-17-1968. Released 03-14-1973. Squadron: VF-142 Aircraft: F-4B

Captured 10-26-1967. Released 03-14-1973. Squadron: VA-163 Aircraft: A-4E

Captured 07-20-1966. Released 02-12-1973. 41st Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: EB-66C

Captured 06-14-1967. Released 02-18-1973. 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 06-14-1967. Released 02-18-1973. 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: E-4C Retired as Major General.

Captured 05-26-1967. Released 03-04-1973. Squadron: VA-93 Aircraft: A-4E

Captured 05-20-1967. Released 02-18-1973. 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

(left to right) Capt Peter Giroux, USAF. 1st Lt William Arcuri, USAF. Ltjg Roger Lerseth, USN. Capt Michael LaBeau, USAF.

Giroux Captured 12-22-1972. Released 02-12-1973. 22nd Bomb Wing Aircraft: B-52 “Christmas Raids 1972” Arcuri Captured 12-20-1972. Released 02-12-1973. 456th Bomb Wing Aircraft: B-52G “Christmas Raids 1972” Lerseth Captured 09-06-1972. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-75 Aircraft: A-6A LaBeau Captured 12-26-1972. Released 03-29-1973. 307th Bomb Wing Aircraft: B-52D “Christmas Raids 1972”

"Dum Dum" (second from right) and others

A sadistic guard who beat and tortured P.O.W.s as much as or even more than “The Rabbit”.

A nasty guard who beat and tortured P.O.W.s.

Captured 09-04-1966. Released 03-04-1973. 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D

Captured 05-20-1967. Released 03-4-1973. 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-4C

Captured 04-03-1965. Released 02-12-1973. Squadron: VA-216 Aircraft: A-4C The first POW to be released to the U.S. custody.

Captured 07-05-1967. Released 03-05-1973. 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft: F-105D