Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
5:41 | Don Ware recounts a mission in which his flight leader, Dave Hatcher, was shot down by enemy fire.
Keywords : Red River Valley Vietnam F105 Dien Bien Phu
Don Ware explains the details of flight missions operated in the Red River Valley during the Vietnam War. He then recalls a flight in which he led four F-105s on a mission to blow up a bridge on the Red River, and had to engage in several improvisational efforts to complete the mission and get home.
Don Ware recalls training at Ajo Range, specifically, his first practice bombing mission.
