We were tumbling, end over end. There was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. I knew i had to get out and i was well trained. I was about to eject over Enemy Territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. There was no other choice and i pulled a handle. Everything worked automatically and perfectly. It blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. It separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the dring. It was less than 2. 5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. There was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. There was a good number of militia down there that were protecting a strategic target. A lot of shooting going on. The wonderful training that i had in the air force and the military, they do a great job of training, i was unfazed by the fact that i was in Enemy Territory and i had bullets going by my parachute. What was on my mind was even eating capture. There wa
The wing man. I said that i was on the ground and i was 200 meters north of the river. Star strafing at 300 and i am heading south. After the war, i met with the pilots in the plane. They said to not strafe because they did not think they could should that accurately. It was a good call because they were all around me. Within two minutes, i was captured. How may times have you flown over North Vietnam . 53. What was the purpose of the flights . We were in the northern part of vietnam, 70 miles north of the dmz and had been flying all types of missions. By the time i got there, in the summer of 1967, they had changed our mission to only fly on reconnaissance over the southern part of North Vietnam. We were flying the ho chi minh trail and the main highways. We were flying the riverway to stop the trucks that were hauling supplies to the viet kong. How old were you . I was 23 and turned 24. I had flown with areas people and some new guys with the squadron to check them out. That day, i w
The chancellor of germany Angela Merkel had tough questions to president obama. She made a phone call to the president to ask whether the u. S. Had been tapping her cellphone, spying on her private conversations. Even though germany is a strong ally to america she warned spying would constitute a breach of trust. Alan fisher has the latest. The German Government must have been sure something was going on, going public with allegations that the americans spied on Angela Merkels phone. The chancellor phoned the white house. I can assure you the president assured the chancellor of the germany that the u. S. Will not monitor. Listen again. I can tell you the president assured the United States is not monitoring and will not monitoring the communications of the chancellor missing are the words have not and did not. When asked whether it happened in the past the official line was repeated. Beyond that im not in position to comment publicly it comes days after nsa was accused of hacking diplo
Well, first it was brazil, then france, then mexico, now its germany. Another ally has accused the u. S. Of spying. German chancellor Angela Merkel comcomplained to president obama that there have been spying on her cell phone. What else is the white house saying about these accusations. Reporter allegations that the spying program that has been so controversial in the wake of edward snowden, first it was france alleging that french citizens of 75 million telephone conversation have been eavesdropped on by the nsa. Today out of the blue here comes the german government, the spokesman for the chancellor making those charges that you just outlined. Today jay carney was asked about it. This was his response. I can tell thought president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. The United States greatly values our close cooperation with germany on a broad range of shared security challenges. The president sai
Welcome to al jazerra america. Am stephanie sy. President obama is once again trying to contain diplomatic fallout over the nsa spying program. New allegations have emerged the agency may have tapped the german chancellors phone and listened in on private conversations. Angela merkel told president obama if the allegations are true, it would be a grave breach of trust between the u. S. And germany. Ellen fisher has more. Reporter the German Government has have been pretty sure something went ongoing public with allegations that the american spied on Angela Merkels mobile phone. A spokesman for the german leader described the idea as completely unacceptable. The chancellor herself called the white house, that brought this response. I can tell thought president assured the chancellor this the United States is not mourn touring and will not mon the communications of the chancellor. Reporter listen to that denial again. I can tell that you the president assured the chancellor that the Unit