[jmcarter]

Thanks Eddie, didn’t remember the captives receiving that money. Youngsters can’t imagine (and probably aren’t taught) about this episode in American history. They probably know more about the failed rescue mission than anything else (probably a PlayStation game). My wife was a aeromedical tech for several years and recognized the C9 tail numbers shown on the news “recovery” flights. What stands out in my memory about news reports were Walter telling us JFK was dead, Huntley/Brinkley giving us the weekly counts of Vietnam and also the alphabet news updating the number of days of their captivity. Watershed events all…