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Jim Harding

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For four years, Jim Harding went back and forth from Okinawa to Vietnam. He was given the task of developing the best tactics for Forward Air Controllers in Vietnam. During this time, he flew over 450 missions himself, mostly as a FAC. (4:17)

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Jim Harding would visit different units in Vietnam and evaluate their Forward Air Controller tactics and then disseminate the good ideas to all FACs in the field. The Starlight scope was an innovation that helped them a lot. The O-2 was a newer aircraft with some better capabilities but he had a fondness for the old O-1. (6:19)

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They flew low and slow, always looking for something. Jim Harding began flying Forward Air Controller missions early on in Vietnam. Once, he found a POW camp in Laos but it was abandoned before a rescue could be attempted. When he and a fellow FAC in another plane spotted a SAM site just across the DMZ, the other pilot was shot down but he was able to call in the strike that destroyed it. (6:06)

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Artillery fire is no laughing matter but sometimes there is humor in war. Jim Harding recalls a funny story about a mad scramble for the shelter when the shells began to fall. He was a Forward Air Controller in Vietnam, a dangerous profession. (5:30)

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Jim Harding enjoyed flying as a Forward Air Controller but the search and rescue flights were the most satisfying. It was a great feeling when you kept someone from becoming a POW. (2:15)

Jim Horton

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Jim Horton tells the story of a new wonder drug that was given to him to treat his malnutrition sores. (1:15)

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Jim Horton remembers his journey from Cabanatuan to various Japanese prison camps until the end of World War II. (11:05)

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After surrendering to the Japanese, Jim Horton describes taking part in the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. (4:42)

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After escaping the Bataan Death March and being recaptured by the Japanese, Jim Horton remembers spending two and a half years at Cabanatuan prison camp in the Philippines. (4:14)

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Jim Horton describes the treatment prisoners of war received from the Japanese during World War II. (2:43)