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Charles White, Jr.

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Pilot Charles White, Jr. was first on the scene during the rescue operation when one of his fellow Air Controllers in a small plane collided with a B-57 bomber. He recalls that mission and another when an F-4 went down due to pilot error. Accidents and fratricide account for a great percentage of casualties in every war, he says. (4:51)

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Pilot Charles White, Jr. finally got his chance in a fighter when he transferred to an A-1 Skyraider unit. After a thrilling, nearly disastrous checkout flight, he began flying missions in the massive beast of a fighter plane, and was on hand when a film crew documented the 1st Special Operations Squadron. (6:13)

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Pilot Charles White, Jr. tells how he got the call sign "Snip," and how he was able to find and support imperiled ground troops, even when his flight leader could not. He enjoyed escorting helicopters but one of those flights gave him big trouble when he rolled in to the target and an aileron on his A-1 Skyraider malfunctioned. (6:46)

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A-1 Skyraider pilot Charles White, Jr. worked several search and rescue operations, and in most, the pilot was confirmed dead and he couldn't help. However, his friend LLoyd Duncan survived when he was shot down over Laos. He was dragged to safety by his Laotian crew mate and nearly lost a leg, but he made it home. (3:44)

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Pilot Charles White, Jr. describes a complex operation designed to free POW's in North Vietnam that failed. The prisoners were gone and another mission was planned for the Hanoi Hilton. He was slated for the possibly suicidal flight, but the go-ahead was never given, so he survived to become an instructor and pioneer the use of the internet in pilot training. (4:59)

Charles White, Sr.

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Charles White was a "90 Day Wonder" out of Ft. Benning when he shipped out to the European theater. Right away, the fresh Lieutenant was cold, wet, and miserable. At the Maginot Line, he had to take over his company when the captain was shot. (4:42)

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With no real winter gear, there was a lot of frostbite among the troops in that bitter German winter. Charles White's unit was summoned to the Battle of the Bulge, but then sent back to France, where he was wounded by shrapnel and had an eyeball-to-eyeball shootout with Germans in the forest. (3:49)

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The unit started with 187 men and 6 officers. At the Siegfried Line, that number was reduced to 35, and Lt. Charles White again had to assume command when the company commander was hit. The exhausted men were ordered into yet another encounter when they started taking tank rounds. It was friendly fire and a most unusual order was given while they tried to get word to the Allied tanks that were firing. (6:06)

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It happened three times to Charles White. The young Lieutenant had to assume command when the company commander was wounded. One time, he used his position to get rid of an unpopular officer by transferring him out of the unit. When Germany surrendered, preparations were made to head to the Pacific. (6:06)

Charles Whitlock

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Mr. Whitlock describes his experience of being under fire from over a dozen Japanese zeros. (4:16)