POW/MIA Research Resources
U.S.
Air Force POW Oral Histories Collection The Air Force Academy, with funding support from the Academy class of 1965, conducted a series of oral history interviews with formerly captured Air Force officers. The collection contains 38 transcripts of interviews with pilots and air crew shot down over and imprisoned in North Vietnam. The interviews follow a standard design, apparently patterned on a questionnaire developed by the history faculty of the Air Force Academy. The subjects covered include family background, training, duty assignments in Vietnam, events leading up to capture, POW experiences, release, adjustment problems upon release, evaluation of training in regard to the POW experience, and advice to future POW's. Fer, John; Colonel; born 12 February 1937; USAFA 1962; pilot EB-66C, Takhli, RTAFB, Thailand; shot down 4 February 1967; released March 1973. |
