This transcript of the 1967 German propaganda film was NOT procured from
United States Government
sources. Many of the men shown alive in captivity and interviewed in this film -- came
home.
SOME DID NOT. Few family members have seen the film or read a copy of the transcript.
"Pilots in Pajamas" was mentioned in the "Operation Smoking Gun"
documents.
Not all the men interviewed or mentioned in this film are found in the
Defense Intelligence POW/MIA List.
Pilots in Pajamas --
http://pownetwork.org/nvp/pilots_in_pajamas.pdf
Our sincere thanks to former POW, Col Dewey Wayne
Wadell, USAF (Ret) who corrected or provided details
on the below list and saved us SEVERE embarrassment from several wrong
conclusions!
The names of the American Servicemen listed below appear in Pilots in Pajamas:
Lt. Colonel James Hughes Released 03/04/73
Major Thomas Sterling Released 03/04/73
Lt. Commander Jeremiah Denton Released 02/12/73
Colonel Robinson Risner Released 02/12/73
Major Guarino Guardino, Lawrence N) Released 02/12/73
Colonel Edward Burdett Remains Returned 03/74 Died in Captivity 11/18/67
First Lieutenant Anderson
First Lieutenant Hayden Lockhart Released 02/12/73
First Lieutenant Joseph Plumb Released 02/18/73
Lt. Commander Tanner Released 03/04/73
Major James Young Released 02/12/73
Lieutenant Philip Butler Released 02/12/73
Captain Bruce Seeber Released 02/12/73
Captain Kearn Is there any chance that 'Captain Kearn' could be [Captain] Richard 'Pop' Kearn, Colonel USAF, Retired, [released 2/12/73], now deceased, vice 'Jos. T. Kearns, remains returned 8/88'?...
Lt. Commander William Stark Released 03/04/73
Captain Samuel Waters Remains Returned 03/18/77
Lt. Commander James L. Griffin Remains Returned 03/13/74
Lieutenant Edward Brudno Released 02/12/73
Captain Caryle Harris Released 02/14/73
Lt. Commander Charles Stackhouse Released 03/04/73
Lieutenant Glubb not on list
Lt. Colonel Gordon Larson Released 03/04/73
(blacked out) Wohden Wohden is obviously [LtCdr] Raymond Vohden, USN Captain, Retired, returned 2/12/73
Major David Everson Released 03/04/73
Lieutenant Richard Ratzlaff Released 03/29/73
First Lieutenant Bucheman Buchanan, Hubert E.) Released 03/04/73
Captain Glendon Perkins Released 02/12/73
Lieutenant Jack Walters jr. Remains Returned 03/13/74
Lt. Commander Wendell Rivers Released 02/12/73
Lieutenant Allan Carpenter Released 03/04/73
Captain Robert Daughtrey Released 02/12/73
Captain Murphy Jones Released 02/12/73
First Lieutenant Thomas McNish Released 03/04/73
First Lieutenant William Tschudy Released 02/12/73
Major Willard [Major] Willard S. Gideon, Colonel, USAF-Retired, was mis-identified in a picture/propaganda release of the 'capture' of "Gideon S. Willard", which still shows up from time-to-time in so-called "official" materials as well as some, shall we say, mistaken and/or distorted presentations...
Lieutenant Commander Black There are also 'Captain Black' and 'Commander Black', both with no additional info...I suspect that 'Commander Black' is actually [Commander] Cole Black, Captain USN, Retired, released 3/04/73) If the ranks are correct, the 'Captain Black' may be the early-releasee John Black but I'm not sure he was captured before 'Pajamas' was filmed???
Lieutenant Jerry Driscoll Released 02/12/73
Lt. Commander Theodore Kopfman Released 02/12/73
Captain James Connell Remains Returned 03/06/74
Captain Sandwick Sandvick, Robert J. ) Released 03/04/73
Captain Lewis Shattuck Released 02/12/73
Lt. Commander James Hutton Released 02/12/73
Commander Kile Berg Released 02/12/73
First Lieutenant Ronald Bliss Released 03/04/73
Lieutenant James E. Ray Released 02/12/73
Major Raymond Merrit Released 02/12/73
Lieutenant Gerald Coffee Released 02/12/73
Captain Shaw possibly Edward Shaw, USN, O2, lost 09/05/65 A1H over water)
Major Ronald Byrne Released 02/12/73
Captain Donald Waltman Released 03/04/73
Captain Norman Wells Released 03/04/73
Major Jack Bomar Released 03/04/73
James Mulligan Released 02/12/73
Captain Jose Luna Released 03/04/73
Captain Andrews
Commander James Mehl Released 03/04/73
First Lieutenant Teague
Captain Black There are also 'Captain Black' and 'Commander Black', both with no additional info...I suspect that 'Commander Black' is actually [Commander] Cole Black, Captain USN, Retired, released 3/04/73) If the ranks are correct, the 'Captain Black' may be the early-releasee John Black but I'm not sure he was captured before 'Pajamas' was filmed???
Major Smith
Lieutenant Commander Claude Clower Released 03/15/73
Lieutenant Commander Paul Schulz Released 03/13/73
Lieutenant Commander Haterman LtCdr Haterman could well be LtCdr Wm Hardman.
Lieutenant Commander Peter Schoeffel Released 03/14/73
Sergeant Major Arthur Cormier Released 02/12/73
Lieutenant Edward Davis Released 02/12/73
First Lieutenant Walter Estes Remains Returned 09/30/77
Captain Norris Overly Released 02/16/68
Commander William Hardman Released 03/15/73
Captain Thomas Norris Released 03/14/73
Captain Parrot (Parrott, Thomas V.) Released 03/14/73
Captain Russell Temperly Released 03/14/73
Colonel Flynn
Lieutenant David Matheney Released 02/19/68
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis
Lieutenant Commander Hugh Stafford Released 03/14/73
Lieutenant Commander John McCain Released 03/14/73
First Lieutenant Gerald Venanzi Released 03/14/73
Captain James Berger Released 02/18/73
Major Richard Dutton Released 03/14/73
Lieutenant Commander Joseph Crecca Released 02/14/73
First Lieutenant Frishman (Frishmann, Robert F.) Released 08/05/69
First Lieutenant Charles Rice Released 03/14/73
First Lieutenant Theodore Stier Released 03/14/73
Major Robert Stirm Released 03/14/73
Lieutenant Commander Dale Doss Released 03/14/73
Lieutenant Commander Schuman no match on list
First Lieutenant Rehman (Rehmann, David) Released 02/12/73
Major David Hatcher Released 02/12/73
Captain John Flynn Released 03/14/73
Captain Atterby Atterberry, Edwin L.) Remains Returned 03/74 Died in Captivity 05/18/69
Lieutenant Commander Norman Schmidt Remains Returned 03/06/74
Lt. Commander Collins Henry Haynes Haines, Collins H.) Released 03/04/73
Commander James Mulligan Released 02/12/73
Commander James Bond Stockdale Released 02/12/73
Colonel Norman C. Gaddis Released 03/04/73
Lt. Colonel Gordon Albert Larson Released 03/04/73
Colonel Edward B. Burdett Remains Returned 03/74 Died in Captivity 11/18/67
Colonel John P. Flynn Released 03/14/73
Commander James P. Mehl Released 03/04/73
Colonel Nelson Villiam Humphrey "deceased since 20 July 1966" Nelson, William H.) Remains Returned 09/30/77
Lt. Commander Shumaker R/Adm Robert [Bob] Shumaker, Retired, (returned 2/12/73)
Edward Lee Hubbard Released 03/04/73
James R. Shively Released 02/18/73
Everett Alvarez Released 02/12/73
Loren Torkelson Released 03/04/73
Herbert Ringsdorf Released 02/18/73
Robert Abott Released 03/04/73
Leo Thorsness Released 03/04/73
David Duart Released 03/04/73
Robert Peel Released 02/12/73
Charles Boyd Released 02/12/73
Paul Galanti Released 02/12/73
Richard Stratton Released 03/04/73
Kay Russell Released 03/04/73
Doug Hegdahl Released 08/05/69
Allan Bady (Brady, Allen C.) Released 03/04/73
Maj. Kassler (Kasler, James H.) Released 03/04/73
Maj. Gordon S. Willard [Major] Willard S. Gideon, Colonel, USAF-Retired, was mis-identified in a picture/propaganda release of the 'capture' of "Gideon S. Willard", which still shows up from time-to-time in so-called "official" materials as well as some, shall we say, mistaken and/or distorted presentations...
Lt. Col Fred Haeffner not on list
LIVE on taped interview
backseater "Lt French"
Major Ernest Olds NOTE: category 2 POW, no parchute or beeper
LIVE on taped inteview
STILL MISSING
Major Donald McKeller not on list
LIVE on taped interview
Major Wright "backseater" to ????