Everett Alvarez5 August 1964
Alvarez was shot down while flying an A-4 Skyhawk during Operation Pierce Arrow and became the first United States naval aviator captured by North Vietnam.
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Alvarez was shot down while flying an A-4 Skyhawk during Operation Pierce Arrow and became the first United States naval aviator captured by North Vietnam.
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