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Item Number: OH0433 (Record 283247)

Title:

Interview with John Yuill (by: Laura M. Calkins, PhD) - October 12, 2004

Interview Date:

12 October 2004

Collection:

John Yuill Collection

Media Type:

Oral History (Digital)

Length:

Length currently unknown

Description:

(USAF) John Yuill was born in Boswell IN in 1934, and enlisted in the Air Force at the age of 19. After Basic Training at Lackland AFB TX and Advanced Training at the Navigation School, Harlingen AFB TX, John was commissioned in 1955. He served with the Ferry Command until 1958, when he undertook pilot training at Bainbridge GA and Enid OK, and advanced pilot training at Perrin AFB TX. In 1960 he joined the Strategic Air Command as a bomber pilot, flying all SAC aircraft including the B-58 and B-52. John flew from SAC bases at Altus AFB OK and Grissom AFB IN before his two Vietnam tours: 1970-71 flying C-130 aircraft from Ton Son Nhut, and 1972 flying B-52 aircraft from Guam and Utapao, Thailand. John's B-52 was shot down over North Vietnam during Linebacker II, and he was held as a POW in Hanoi until his release in March 1973. John retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, and remains active with POW and USAF veterans' organizations.

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Citation:

Interview with John Yuill, 12 October 2004, John Yuill Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 24 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=OH0433>.