Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing over the skies of Vietnam nearly 60 years ago ...
"Back in the Vietnam War, North Korean air force pilots were sent there, but their planes weren't equipped with parachutes or other escape devices. In other words, if they were shot down, they were ...
Everett Alvarez Jr., the Congressional Gold Medal.Alvarez, a Salinas native, was a Vietnam War veteran who was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and captured during the war.He also held the ...