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G1

An excerpt from the NAM-POWs Inc. (VIETNAM POWs) home page,
describing THREE'S IN and the 4th Allied POW WING seal.

For more POW/MIA information please click on their LINK - [G1] below
under GRAPHICS CREDITS.

G1

During the flyover of a military "Missing Man" formation,
aircraft #3 pulls abruptly out of the formation to signify the "missing man."
[THE NAM-POWs Inc. (VIETNAM POWs) HOME PAGE] - [G1]
is the page of the POWs who returned.
"Three" is back in the formation. Hence, "Three's In"!!

Paul Galanti



G2

The seal of the 4th Allied POW Wing - [G2], created by the Air Force Office of Heraldry in 1973, depicts the colors of the United States and the Republic of Vietnam as well as the chained eagle, emblematic of the fighting men who were captured. Pilots and their aircrews were captured mostly in NVN and China while ground troops and civilians were captured in SVN, Laos and Cambodia.. The number "4th" was chosen by Wing Commander (and senior POW held in North Vietnam) Lieutenant General John Peter Flynn, USAF. Vietnam was the fourth conflict in which Americans were held overseas. Captives from the IRAQ Gulf War have recently formed the 5th Allied POW Wing, but they are not members of our group.




End of excerpt from the NAM-POWs Inc. (VIETNAM POWs) home page.


G3

"RED RIVER VALLEY"
(to RESTART/STOP click here, then click controls)
- sing along with the words below -
[remember how you use to follow the "bouncing ball"]
(today it's called "karaoke")

Red River Valley
(Song of Teak Flight at Takhli)

Verse 1
From this valley they say you are leaving.
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile



For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened this place for a while.
Come and sit by my side if you love me,
Do not hasten to bid me adieu

And I'll tell you about the Red River Valley
And why it always makes me feel blue.
Way up yonder they say they've been going
Where the Red flows by Hanoi to the sea,


P6/G4

And we call it the Red River Valley
Where the flak is as bad as it can be.
To this valley he said we were flying,
But he never saw the pay that he earned.


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Verse 2
Many jocks have flown into that valley
And a number have never returned.

P1

So I listened as he briefed on the mission
That night at the bar Teak Flight he did sing,
About going to the Red River Valley
And how I was to fly on his wing.

Oh the flak was so thick in the valley,
That the MiGs and the missiles we don't need.
We'd fly high and down sun in the valley

P2

And I'll guard well the ass of Teak Lead.

Now if things turn to shit in the valley
And the briefing he gave I did not heed,
They'll be waiting at the Hanoi Hilton

P3

Where it's fish heads and rice for Teak Lead
* Note: Teak One or the leader, Lead.


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Verse 3
We refueled on the way to the valley,
Back in the States it had always been fun.

P4

But with thunder and lightening all around us
'Twas the last A-A-R* for Teak One.
* Note: Air-to-Air Refueling



The boss weasel* warned of Fan Songs ** past the target,
* Note: Boss weasel leads the fighters to attack surface-to-air missiles.
** Note: Fan Song is a SAM radar, Guideline is SAM-2.



Tall white poles would rise to meet us in the sky.


When we pulled up off of our bomb run





The SAMs were fused to hit us where we fly.



Our MiG chaser* jets were up high to guard the strike force
* Note: F-4s on Cap. fighter protection






While twenty-ones took off from Kep and Phuc Yen.







But gomer planes would be in place to jump our slow ones



And their cannon (rocket) bursts would surely do them in.





The triple A rained up thick from the gunners,




HANOI JANE - "TRAITOR BITCH"

The orange flashes changed to black the sky.


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Verse 4
I followed Lead on down from the IP*,
Dared not look up to see else I might die.
* Note: IP is Initial Point or start of bomb run.

Well Lead bore down through the flak toward the target
With his bombs and his rockets he drew a bead,

P5

But he never pulled out of his bomb run,
'Twas fatal for another Teak Lead.

So come and sit by my side at the briefing.
We'll say a prayer as we tickle the beads
For we're going to the Red River Valley
And my callsign today is Teak Lead.



And I'll tell you about the Red River Valley
And why it always makes me feel blue.




Way up yonder they say they've been going,
Where the Red flows by Hanoi to the sea.


P6/G4

END of the
"SONG of TEAK FLIGHT"

"RED RIVER VALLEY"
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STOP this tune BEFORE playing
"The RED RIVER VALLEY RATS BATTLE HYMN"
(below).


G3

"RED RIVER VALLEY RATS BATTLE HYMN"
(Words and music by Dick Jonas, a charter member of the River Rats.
Dick wrote the Battle Hymn of the Red River Rats in 1970.)

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Please visit the "RED RIVER VALLEY RATS"- [G3] website.
- These are our Brave Brother Aviators whoo flew into
THE RED RIVER VALLEY (as depicted on the maps above and below)
and met with the heaviest anti aircraft defenses in the world.


As per my DISCLAIMER, there is NO intention of stealing another's works.
The sole purpose of placing these songs here is to assist the viewer in
understanding what our aircrews experienced in their own words.

As you read and listen to these AIR WARRIOR'S words you will see that
many of these BRAVE MEN did not return to
the bases and ships from which they flew from.
Many who were shot down became POWs and MIAs,
yet others paid with their lives being KIAs.

- A Salute to them ALL !!!

POW/MIA


North Vietnamese Prisoner of War (POW) camp locations.

VERSE #1 -- VERSE #2 -- VERSE #3 -- VERSE #4 -- END

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"RED RIVER VALLEY"


You can click STOP upon returning from visiting the LINKS below !!!


Note: You can listen to the
"RED RIVER VALLEY RATS BATTLE HYMN"
while visiting the links below !!!
pages and links

"POW/MIA/KIA"
POW camps in
NORTH VIETNAM
camp listings
page 1 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
POW camps in
NORTH VIETNAM
listings/photos
page 2 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
POW camps in
VN.VS,LA,CB
camp listings
page 3 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
SON TAY RAID
by participant
Sgt. TERRY BUCKLER
page 4
"POW/MIA/KIA"
A/C & Air crew
losses
LINEBACKER II
page 5 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
Operation
HOMECOMING (1)
March 1973
page 6 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
Operation
HOMECOMING (2)
March 1973
page 7 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
LISTING of POW
RETURNEES - 1973

page 8
"POW/MIA/KIA"
"HANOI TAXI"(1)
C-141 #660177

page 9 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
"HANOI TAXI"(2)
C-141 #660177

page 10 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
"HANOI TAXI"(3)
C-141 #660177

page 11 		"POW/MIA/KIA"
SENATE SELECT
COMMITTEE on
POW/MIA AFFAIRS
page 12


SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONFLICT - (VIETNAM WAR era)
POW/MIA DATABASES and INFO - "HOT LINKS"
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POW/MIA - 1 "POW/MIA BIOS" P.O.W. NETWORK BIOGRAPHIES DATABASE
POW/MIA - 2 "POW/MIA NETWORK" P.O.W. NETWORK homepage
POW/MIA - 3 "LIBRARY of CONGRESS" HISTORY & SEARCH of POW/MIA database
POW/MIA - 4 "ALL POW/MIA" POW/MIA INFO for "Vietnam - Korea - WWII"
POW/MIA - 5 "OPERATION JUST CAUSE" "FULLEST" ACCOUNTING of MIAs


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KIA

SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONFLICT - (VIETNAM WAR era)
CASUALTY - KIA (killed in action) DATABASES and INFO - "HOT LINKS"
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KIA - 1 "CASUALTY DATABASE" NO QUARTER.ORG website
KIA - 2 "THE VIRTUAL WALL" casualty database - (UP to DATE LISTINGS)




PHOTO CREDITS
P1 -
P2 - PACAF photo albumn
P3 - drawing by John "Mike" McGrath (former POW)
P4 - TLCB Rodney Bell's UDORN RTAFB site
P5 - USAF Museum Photo Archives
P6 - Map from POW/SRO - Col. Ted Guy's HANOI HILTON POW/MIA site - "GBU/RIP, TED" [click G4 or page 2 - below]



POW/MIA & OTHER ASSOCIATIONS GRAPHIC CREDITS & "HOT LINKS"
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G1 - "THREE'S IN" NAM-POWs Inc. (VIETNAM POWs) home page
G2 - "4th Allied POW WING" VIETNAM POW home page
G3 - "RIVER RATS" RED RIVER VALLEY FIGHTER PILOTS ASSOC. [RRVA] home page
G4 - "MAP - NORH VIETNAM" POW/SRO Col. TED GUY's "HANOI HILTON" - "You are NOT forgotten Col. GUY"


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