Jack Breaks Out

Now you see why I moved from Kansas to Florida. Florida woman would've at least used a glass. 🍹🤷🏻‍♂️ 🥴 🤣

Captain Eugene "Red" McDaniel Born: September 27, 1931. He deployed on a combat tour to Vietnam as Maintenance Officer with VA-35 aboard USS Enterprise starting in November 1966. He flew 81 combat missions up to May 1967. McDaniel was shot down while flying an A-6A Intruder aircraft (buno 152594) on May 19, 1967, during an Alpha strike on Văn Điển, south of Hanoi, in North Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder. He was listed as "missing in action" until the Hanoi government acknowledged that he was being held prisoner in 1970. His bombardier-navigator, James Kelly Patterson, also ejected from the A-6, but as of 2014, it was presumed that Patterson was captured and died at some point later. Captain McDaniel was tortured while in captivity during the Vietnam War. The most severe torture resulted from his active role in camp communications during an organized escape attempt by his fellow prisoners in June 1969. During that time McDaniel was detained in isolation for more than two weeks, severely beaten, bound with ropes resulting in a compound fracture of his arm, deprived of sleep and subjected to electrical shock. Even though he was not directly involved in planning the escape attempt, he refused to give his torturers the names of the organizers and accepted responsibility for the attempt himself. He is the author of Scars and Stripes, a book telling about his six years of captivity in North Vietnam, with much of it in Hỏa Lò Prison, known as the Hanoi Hilton. Captain McDaniel died from congestive heart failure on August 7, 2026, at the age of 94. Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Dorothy Howard McDaniel of Alexandria; three children, Michael Howard McDaniel (Captain, U.S. Navy (retired)) and Leslie McDaniel Lindsay, both of Alexandria; and David Eugene McDaniel of San Diego, California, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A “Celebration of Life” service will be held at 1 p.m. on Aug. 22 at Alexandria Presbyterian Church in Alexandria. McDaniel will be buried at Arlington Cemetery on a yet-to-be-determined date. Rest in Peace Warrior. news.campbell.edu/articles/r…

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