Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

37

Description:

Flynn's experience flying for the Air Force after WWII; U.S. unprepared ness when Korean conflict began; code of conduct of American POWs in Vietnam; training of U.S. fighter pilots in Europe delivering nuclear and missile weapons; Cuban Missile Crisis and timing of the U.S. removal of Jupiter’s from Turkey; Flynn's transfer to Vietnam in July 1967; shot down over Hanoi on 36th mission; interrogation and torture after capture; injuries; survival trailing the events of capture; prisoner isolation and communication; prison life; Vietnamese assistance from other communist countries; heavy bombing of Hanoi under President Nixon; Flynn's resentment of "liberals" visits to Vietnam.

Contributor:

Flynn, John Peter

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with John Peter Flynn

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details