- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of James John Hoogerwerf
- Creator:
- Galloway, Joseph L.
Hoogerwerf, James John, 1943- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2020-02-28
2020 - Subject:
- Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American
Hercules (Turboprop transports)
George Washington University
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Delta Air Lines
United States. Air Force. Air Division, 834th - People:
- Lewis, W. David (Walter David), 1931-
Tutt, Charlie
Soat, Nguyen Duc, 1946- - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Jim Hoogerwerf recalls his experiences serving in the United States Air Force as a C-130 pilot in the Vietnam War. He recalls his growing up years, including living in Paris in 1949 where his family had a chance encounter with former German SS officer and lifelong Nazi Otto Skorzeny. He attended George Washington University where he enrolled in ROTC and describes his flight training and later flying elements of the 82nd Airborne Division into Washington D.C. during the riots following Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. In May of 1968 he was sent to the Philippines where his unit was based during the Vietnam War. He describes the missions they flew all over Vietnam and the types of cargo they carried, including night flying and carrying aviation fuel. He remembers some of the passengers they carried, including Korean soldiers and Australian show girls. He describes living conditions both in Vietnam and in the Philippines. He explains his post-military career as a commercial airline pilot for Delta Air Lines. He recalls in detail the reunions fellow Delta pilot and retired Marine Corps Colonel Charlie Tutt organized with North Vietnamese fighter pilots. He remembers a trip he made behind the Iron Curtain to West Berlin while his family lived in Amsterdam.
Templehof
Berlin Wall
"burner climb"
C-130
Merlin Hotel
B4 bag
Replacement Training Unit
mobility redeployment
"code person"
angle of attack
"bug on the windscreen"
773rd TAS 463 TAW
Det 1, TSN, Det 2, CRB 834 Air Division
Vietnam War 50th Commemoration
Jim Hoogerwerf served as a C-130 pilot in the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/901
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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