david hrdlicka was the pilot of a F105D, flying over Houa Phan for a strike mission with 4 other planes in the Veitnam War, when he reported that his aircraft was onfire from a ground attack. parachuting outta the plane and landing in small valley beside a village in the Sam Neua area. he was seen on the ground being led away by natives. it was reported that the Pathet Lao picked him up. On July 22, 1966 in a veitnamese newpaper, Quan Nhan Dan, featured a story about his capture. On july 26th, 1966, a tape recorded broadcast was made by Capt. Hrdlicka in which he read a persoanl letter to prince Souphanouvang. In this Broadcast. The letter expressed his eagerness to see his wife and children again. Radio Peking also broadcatsed a statement quoting Lao sources that Hrdlicka was their prisoneer.August,1966, Russian news service, Pravda, ran a photograph of hrdlicka, still in his flight suit, head bowed, and an armed guard near him. U.S. Intelligence reported that he was in a cave near Sam Neua, Laos, reports were monitored for seven years that were believed to pertain to him. when 591 americans were released in 1973, david hrdlicka was not one of them. The veitnamese claimed that the Pathet Lao have no holdin facilities for prisonors, although there is an ample intelligence to indicate otherwise. and although, the Lao publicity stated they held "tens of tens " of americanprisonors, the U.S has never negotiated for these prisonors. Consequently, not one of the nearly 600 americans lost in Laos has ever been released. Hrdlicka is among the 2500 americans still missing in southeast asia. perhaps Veitnam and her
david hrdlicka was the pilot of a F105D, flying over Houa Phan for a strike mission with 4 other planes in the Veitnam War, when he reported that his aircraft was onfire from a ground attack. parachuting outta the plane and landing in small valley beside a village in the Sam Neua area. he was seen on the ground being led away by natives. it was reported that the Pathet Lao picked him up. On July 22, 1966 in a veitnamese newpaper, Quan Nhan Dan, featured a story about his capture. On july 26th, 1966, a tape recorded broadcast was made by Capt. Hrdlicka in which he read a persoanl letter to prince Souphanouvang. In this Broadcast. The letter expressed his eagerness to see his wife and children again. Radio Peking also broadcatsed a statement quoting Lao sources that Hrdlicka was their prisoneer.August,1966, Russian news service, Pravda, ran a photograph of hrdlicka, still in his flight suit, head bowed, and an armed guard near him. U.S. Intelligence reported that he was in a cave near Sam Neua, Laos, reports were monitored for seven years that were believed to pertain to him. when 591 americans were released in 1973, david hrdlicka was not one of them. The veitnamese claimed that the Pathet Lao have no holdin facilities for prisonors, although there is an ample intelligence to indicate otherwise. and although, the Lao publicity stated they held "tens of tens " of americanprisonors, the U.S has never negotiated for these prisonors. Consequently, not one of the nearly 600 americans lost in Laos has ever been released. Hrdlicka is among the 2500 americans still missing in southeast asia. perhaps Veitnam and her
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