Nazi Germany
Nicholas II (Tsar of Russia)
night ambush masters, Navy SEALs
night traveling by North Vietnamese
Nihart, F. Brooke (Colonel)
90 percent chance of escape success order by SRO
Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Norris, Tomas (POW)
North American F-100 Super Sabre
North Korea
North Vietnamese
antiaircraft cannons
Blackbirds (SR-71) knowledge of
bowing demands by
chain dragging detect submarines
civilians used as defense
Code of Conduct knowledge by
consideration shown to Dramesi
control (complete) over POWs
“criminal” accusations by
Cuban Program
hatred of Americans by
hiding from
kindness shown to Americans by
movement of POWs by
Navy SEALS and knowledge of
night, traveling at
political indoctrination
prisoner release ploy
propaganda by
resistant POWs, separated from general population
SA-2 surface-to-air missiles
third escape attempt by Dramesi, death threat by
writing demands by
nuclear triad, U.S. military assets
Â
O-3
observation missions, Navy SEALs
officers and enlisted men (familiarization), Navy SEALs
Operating Location 8 (OL-8) Operation Black Shield
Operation Diamond
Operation Freedom
Operation Kingpin
operations order (op-order)
Operation Thunderhead.
See also
Blackbirds (SR-71); Navy SEALs
air strikes around Hanoi and
authority for mission
Briarpatch Tango message
casting technique
chain dragging to detect submarines
cover story, demolition of gun batteries on Do Son Peninsula
cover story, recovery of high-ranking defectors
Earl Smith (Lieutenant Commander) and
Edwin L. Towers (Lieutenant Commander) and
Eric A. Knudson (Navy SEAL) and
Frank H. Sayle (Navy SEAL) and
friendly-fire at USS
Grayback
HH-3A Sikorsky Sea King search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters
John Chamberlain (Commander) and
John Lutz (UDT) and
launches of SDVs
Melvin S. Dry “Spence” (Navy SEAL) and
minus tide and SDVs
observation and listening post mission by Navy SEALs
officer on insertion mission argument
Philip L. “Moki” Martin (Navy SEAL) and
planning of POW rescue
rescue of SDV crews
Richard C. Hetzell (Navy SEAL) and
Robert M. Hooke (Navy SEAL) and
Robert W. Conger (Navy SEAL) and
Sam E. Birky (Navy SEAL) and
secrecy of operation
signals (red or yellow flag/light) from POWs
silent engine problems, SDVs
silent operation of USS
Grayback
Steve McConnell (UDT) and
surveillance operations
Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) and
Tim R. Reeves (Navy SEAL) and
Tom Edwards (UDT) and
Tom McGrath (UDT) and
training for
20/20 rule for helicopter casting technique
Operation Thunderhead (
continued
)
Typhoon Ora and
USS
Grayback
(LPSS 574) and
USS
Harold E. Holt
and
USS
Long Beach
(CGN-9) and
“venting the boat,” 252-253
Z-birds (inflatable rubber boats)
opposition to escape by POWs
Camp Unity
Zoo Annex Prison
“outside assistance” order by Reisner
outside support required for escape attempt
Â
Package One (Ba Don)
parachuting from a damaged plane
Parrott, Thomas V. (POW)
Paul Doumer Bridge (Long Bien Bridge), Hanoi
“people catch people,” 40-41
personal hygiene
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
Pha Phim (the Film Studio).
See also
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
poison gases
Polaris-launching submarines
political indoctrination by North Vietnamese
Pollard, Ben (POW)
POWs.
See
prisoners of war
President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Military (POTUS)
Princip, Gavrilo
prisoner release ploy by North Vietnamese
prisoners of war (POWs).
See also
Camp Unity; Code of Conduct; Dirty Bird (Yen Phu Prison); disguises of escapees; Dramesi, John (POW); escape; food (starvation diet); Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison); interrogation sessions; medical care; morale boosters; North Vietnamese; Operation Thunderhead; personal hygiene; retaliation against POWs; senior ranking officers (SROs); sleep/sleep deprivation; water, need for; Zoo Annex Prison; Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
Alcatraz prison
American Civil War and
Bataan Death March
brainwashing of
Briarpatch Prison
Bushido code of moral principles
casualties of POWs
Crusades and
definition of
Dramesi's training
enslavement of POWs
exchanging POWs
fear of soldiers
fight-or-flight reaction of soldiers
food (starvation diet)
Geneva Convention
Hague Peace Conferences
“Hell Ships,” 17
Ho Chi Minh (death) and
Imperial Japanese Empire
increase in number of
International Red Cross and
killed, fear of being
Korean War and
leg irons on prisoners
Middle Ages and
movement of POWs by North Vietnamese
Operation Freedom
public opinion influence and
release of POWs after conflict
resistance groups and
Viet Cong (VC) and
war crimes
World War I and
World War II and
wounded, fear of being
propaganda by North Vietnamese
public opinion influence and POWs
Pugh, Tom (Major)
“pulling the trigger,” 37
punching out (ejection)
Â
Quang Binh province
Â
raised arms torture
Rapid Rabbit
(SR-71 #978)
Raugh, Bill (POW )
recapture of escapees
Atterberry and Dramesi, Zoo Annex Prison
Coker and McKnight, Dirty Bird (Yen Phu Prison)
Dramesi's first escape
reconnaissance systems operator (RSO)
Red River (North Vietnam)
Reeves, Tim R. (Navy SEAL)
Regulus guided missiles
Reisner, Robinson “Robbie” (POW )
Republic F-105D.
See
F-105D Thunderchief “Thud”
rescue missions of American POWs by Navy SEALs
rescue of SDV crews, Operation Thunderhead
resistance (Article III, Code of Conduct)
resistant POWs, separated from general population
resolve of Dramesi
Camp Unity
Dramesi's first experiences
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
retaliation against POWs
threat of
Zoo Annex Prison
Rice, Ronnie (Major)
ripcord parachute system
roof (ceiling) escape from Zoo Annex Prison
Room #6, Zoo Annex Prison
Room #18 “Meathook Room” at Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
rope torture
ROTC (Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps)
Route Packages (RPs)
RP-6A zone
RSO (reconnaissance systems operator)
Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ) and Navy SEALs
Runyan, Al (POW)
Rutgers University
Â
SA-2 “Guideline” missiles
SAC (Strategic Air Command)
“Sandy” (A1 Skyraider)
SAR (search-and-rescue) helicopters
Sayle, Frank H. (Navy SEAL)
Scarlet Rifles close-order drill teams
SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Vehicles)
SEALs.
See
Navy SEALs
SEAL Team One
SEAL Team Two
SEAL WESTPAC DET (West Pacific Detachment)
search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters
search-and-rescue units
secrecy of
Blackbirds (SR-71)
Operation Thunderhead
senior ranking officers (SROs)
Camp Unity
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
Zoo Annex Prison
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
sensor systems on Blackbirds (SR-71)
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (North Carolina)
Shaw, Scotty (UDT)
Sheffield, Butch (Major)
shooting during an escape
Shortell, M. J. (Navy SEAL)
signals (red or yellow flag/light) from POWs, Operation Thunderhead
Sikorsky Sea King helicopters (HH-3A)
silent engine problems (SDVs), Operation Thunderhead
“Six Boats” (SDVs)
6th Platoon
Skyraider (A1) “Sandy,” 41-43
sleep/sleep deprivation
Dramesi's first experiences
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
slipstream, punching out
“smash,” 8
Smith, Earl (Lieutenant Commander)
soft-nosed (expanding bullets)
Son Tay camp raid
South China Sea
South Vietnamese and Navy SEALs
sovereign airspace
Soviet Union
“special food,” 119
special treatment not accepted (Article III, Code of Conduct)
speed of aircraft
Blackbirds (SR-71), Mach 3 to Mach 3.5
Dramesi's love of
F-105D Thunderchief
Mach 1, exceeding
punching out (ejection) and
20/20 rule for helicopter casting technique
Spencer, Bob (Major)
Spoon, Don (POW )
SR-71.
See
Blackbirds
SROs.
See
senior ranking officers
“Ss” (sympathy, snack packs, and sports) for POWs
starvation.
See
food
static-line parachute system
Stead Air Force Base (Nevada)
stealth aircraft
Steele, B. S. (Navy SEAL)
Stockdale (POW )
Stockman, Hervey (POW)
stocks torture
Stoner light machine guns
Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Subic Bay (Philippines)
Super Sabre (F-100)
surrender, never voluntary (Article II, Code of Conduct)
survival radio
Swedish K 9mm submachine gun
Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs)
sympathy, snack packs, and sports (“Ss”) for POWs
Â
T33 trainer
tap conversations of POWs
Thai special operations and Navy SEALs
third escape attempt by Dramesi, death threat
Thirty Years War
Thorsness, Leo K. (Colonel, Retired)
“Thud.”
See
F-105D Thunderchief “Thud”
“Thud Ridge,” 7-8
torture
Dramesi's first experiences
Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)
lack of torture at prisons
Zoo Annex Prison
Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
Towers, Edwin L. Towers (Lieutenant Commander)
training pilots
Trautman, Konrad W. (POW)
traveling irons
truck park bombing mission near Package One (Ba Don)
20/20 rule for helicopter casting technique
Two-Lane Blacktop
(film)
Typhoon Ora
Â
U2
UDT Eleven
Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) .
See also
Navy SEALs; Operation Thunderhead
U.S. Air Force and Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Seventh Fleet
USS
Buchanan
USS
Grayback
(LPSS 574)
USS
Growler
USS
Harold E. Holt
USS
Long Beach
(CGN-9)
USS
Midway
USS
Oklahoma City
USS
Sutherland
Â
Vanishing Point
(film)
“venting the boat,” 252-253
Viet Cong (VC) and Navy SEALs
Vietnam War.
See also
Blackbirds (SR-71); Camp Unity; Code of Conduct; Dirty Bird (Yen Phu Prison); Dramesi, John; Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison); Navy SEALs; North Vietnamese; Operation Thunderhead; prisoners of war (POWs); Zoo Annex Prison; Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)
air support and infantry, integrating
antiwar movement in U.S.
Caucasian moving unnoticed through Asian population
CIA operations in Laos
civilians, avoided by U.S.
“danger close” distances
halt to bombing of North Vietnamese targets called by Johnson
Ho Chi Minh, death of
last Navy SEAL killed in action during Vietnam War
missing in action
savageness of land
U.S. Air Force and Army and