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1. Vic Reid: Interview (27:41)

Date:
2005-04-13
Main contributors:
Reid, Vic
Summary:
Vic Reid, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam (Interviewed April 13, 2005) ​June 18th, 1972 , as a member of the 16th Special Ops Squadron of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon Royal Thai AFB in Thailand, Col. Vic Reid was flying his 44th Aerial Combat Mission over the A Shau Valley in South Viet Nam. That was also the first Father’s Day he would observe as a Dad. The celebration would have to wait and very nearly did not happen at all. It was the night his AC-130 Gunship’s wing was shot off. The next 18 hours, he’ll never forget.