VC-35/VA(AW)-35 Prisoners of War

Korean War Ribbons

Of the 21 Naval Aviation personnel - Pilots and Aircrewmen - who were captured by the Communist North Koreans, five were from VC-35. Our men were released from the POW camps, beginning in August 1953, as the result of "Operation Big Switch".
Lt.(jg) Harry E. Ettinger
VAN Team 10 - USS Valley Forge - 12/13/51

Jess R. McElroy, AOU3
VAN Team 10 - USS Valley Forge - 12/13/51

Julian H. Gilliland, AT2
VAN Team 10 - USS Valley Forge - 12/13/51

Ensign Gerald C. Canaan
VAN Team 6 - USS Bonn Homme Richard- 11/04/51

Raymond L. Blazevic, AT1
VAN Team 7 - USS Princeton - 06/10/51

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