Hi nyadstyle,
Thank you for your question.
Distinguished Group Selected for CARES Commission
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:sgzsXZ0hIAYJ:www1.va.gov/cares/docs/CARES_Commission_NR.doc+Vietnam+War+Everett+Alvarez,+Jr.&hl=en
Honorable Everett Alvarez, Jr., selected to chair the commission, is
best known as the first American aviator shot down over North Vietnam.
He was taken prisoner of war in 1964 and held in North Vietnam for
more than eight years. He was the deputy director of the Peace Corps
from 1981 to 1982, the deputy administrator of the Veterans
Administration from 1982 to 1986 and has held numerous posts in the
civilian sector.
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Chairman: The Honorable Everett Alvarez, Jr.
Everett Alveraz, a distinguished naval officer and government
executive, is best known as the first American aviator shot down over
North Vietnam. He was taken prisoner of war and held in North Vietnam
for eight and a half years. He holds a Juris Doctorate from George
Washington University School of Law and is a member of the D.C. bar.
He served as the deputy director of the Peace Corps from 1981 to 1982,
and deputy administrator of the Veterans Administration from 1982 to
1986. He then served as the vice president for government services
with the Hospital Corporation of America, until he set up his own
consulting company, Conwal Inc., of McClean, Va.
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http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_alvarez_bkp
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http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a038.htm
His ordeal began Aug. 5, 1964, when Lt. Alvarez's A-4 Skyhawk was the
first plane shot down over Hon Gai Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The North Vietnamese fished him out of the water, and after a brief
interrogation in the North Vietnamese countryside sent him to Hoa Lo
prison - the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" - in Hanoi six days later.
Lt. Alvarez spent 8 and 1/2 years as a POW in the dirty, rat-infested
prison, the first year and a half in solitary confinement. He was fed
rice with cockroaches and dead birds.
In February 1973, he was among 462 U.S. servicemen released following
negotiations. "Those are important days of my life, and they're a
reminder of just how short life is," he said.
(Read entire article for more)
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http://www.powmiaff.org/California/mia170.html
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4th paragraph
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/vietnam/AP40.htm
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3rd paragraph
http://www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/about_us/history04.html
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Books written:
Alvarez, Everett, Jr. and Anthony S. Pitch, "Chained Eagle." New York:
Donald I. Fine, 1989.
Alvarez, Everett, Jr. and Samuel A. Schreiner, "Code of Conduct."
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