URI(s)
Fuller Name
- George Everette
Variants
- Day, Bud
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1925-02-24
Death Date
- 2013-07-29
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1951
- Affiliation End: 1977
- Source: New York times (online), viewed July 29, 2013
- Organization: United States. Air Force
Birth Place
- Sioux City, Iowa
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
Occupation
Fighter pilot
Prisoner of war
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Return with honor, 1990:CIP t.p. (George E. Day; colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.))
- found: Coram, Robert. American patriot , 2007CIP t.p. (subtitle: the life and wars of Bud Day)
- found: New York times (online), viewed July 29, 2013(in obituary published July 28: Col. Bud Day; b. George Everette Day, Feb. 24, 1925, Sioux City, Iowa; d. Saturday [July 27, 2013], Shalimar, Fla., aged 88; Air Force fighter pilot who was shot down in the Vietnam War, imprisoned with John McCain in the notorious "Hanoi Hilton," and defiantly endured more than five years of brutality without divulging sensitive information to his captors, earning him the Medal of Honor)
Instance Of
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Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1990-11-02: new
- 2013-07-29: revised
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