| Title: |
Roger Dean Ingvalson
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/9773
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
When Roger Ingvalson was shot down over North Vietnam on May 28, 1968, he was already a veteran pilot, with nearly twenty years in the Air Force and over 100 missions flown in Vietnam. He spent his 40th birthday in captivity and wound up at the notorious Hanoi Hilton. Ingvalson kept his mind busy by studying insects and by communicating with his fellow prisoners through special codes. And he kept his North Vietnamese captors at bay by feeding them false information. He attributes his ability to survive five years of deprivation and isolation to his religious faith.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Ingvalson, Roger Dean, 1928-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
20-Jun-1928
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Austin, MN; Minnesota; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Willie, Michael Lloyd
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Air Force
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| Historical events discussed: |
Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Japan; North America; Ryukyu Islands, Japan; Thailand; United States; Vietnam
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Japan; North America; Oral history; Prisoners of war; Ryukyu Islands, Japan; Thailand; U.S. Air Force; United States; United States--Armed Forces; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0032541-35631
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