Shot Down and Captured for 5 years | Vietnam Fighter Pilot | Howard Hill

Howard Hill was born in 1943 in El Paso, Texas. He entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1961 and was commissioned a 2d Lt in the Air Force upon graduation on June 9, 1965. In May 1967, Hill began flying combat missions in the F-4D Phantom II in Southeast Asia with the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron. In December 1967, while on a combat mission, an enemy MiG fired a heat-seeking missile hitting Hill's Phantom and forcing him to eject. Howard Hill would spend the next 1,915 days as a POW finally being released during Operation Homecoming on March 14, 1973. Interview recorded on April 26, 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Join Gary Sinise in honoring those who have served and who continue to protect our freedom by preserving their names on our Gary Sinise Foundation Honor Roll - https://shorturl.at/BpTdZ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Support the American Veterans Center's mission to preserve the legacy and history of our heroes by making a tax-deductible donation today: https://americanveteranscenter.org/donation-form/ Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americanveteranscenter/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AVCupdate Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanveteranscenter/ Subscribe to the Veterans Chronicles podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/americanveteranscenter?sid=youtubedescription ---------------------------------------------------------------- Video Credits: Interviewer - Greg Corombos Director of Photography - Jake Dillard Editor - Kenyon Hoag