An Air Force observation plane flown by Captain Richard L. Whitesides and by U.S. Army Special Forces co-pilot Captain Floyd J. Thompson is downed by small arms fire. Thompson, the longest held prisoner of war in American history, would not be released until 16 March 1973.
-- From Vietnam War Commemoration (U.S. Department of Defense; link: @)
-- Photo from POW Network (link: @)
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