Back From The Dead: Navy Pilot Shot Down and Held Captive For 2,675 Days

Back From The Dead: Navy Pilot Shot Down and Held Captive For 2,675 Days | Porter Halyburton

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Porter Halyburton was born in 1941 in Miami, Florida, but was raised in Davidson, North Carolina. He graduated from Davidson College in 1963 and entered the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight program on October 10, 1963, receiving his commission in February 1964.
Halyburton was trained as an F-4B Phantom II Radar Intercept Officer, and then joined VF-84 at NAS Oceana, Virginia, in April 1965. He began flying combat missions in Southeast Asia with VF-84 flying off the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62) in May 1965, and was forced to eject over North Vietnam while flying his 75th combat mission on October 17, 1965. He was listed as Killed in Action.
In fact Halyburton had survived the ejection and was quickly captured on the ground. He would spend the next 2,675 days in captivity in various Vietnamese prison camps including the infamous "Hanoi Hilton". LCDR Porter Halyburton would finally be released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973.
Interview recorded on November 3, 2023
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@americanveteranscenter 21 күн бұрын

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@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

Why is your symbol from saturn occult religions?

@frogvet68 7 күн бұрын

@@americanveteranscenter subscribed and all notifications too

@DWHCBPM 20 күн бұрын

Ubon F-4 GIB 137 missions N without a scratch 1966. Welcome home brother. Salute with highest possible respect. Thank you for your service.

@nobonespurs 20 күн бұрын

did you know rf4 pilot daniel Tauiello?

@akawireguy1197 20 күн бұрын

I have watched dozens of these and this man is an exceptional human being.

@johnhadley7715 16 күн бұрын

He obviously did his share of talking to the Real Admiral. He married well, too!

@user-bl6ne3hc6n 16 күн бұрын

Me too, of all the prisoners stories out there, it looks like the Germans was more let's say decent,

@mx-k 20 күн бұрын

"...and I walked out of two prisons." Wow, just wow! I'm extremely thankful for your service and sacrifice. God bless you.

@wojecire 20 күн бұрын

That line got me choked up.

@scottcole1423 20 күн бұрын

That was so powerful! What a good example for everyone to follow.

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

God can't help this gentile for what he has done

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

@@scottcole1423an example of what not to do. Not my war, not my problem.

@scottcole1423 18 күн бұрын

@@idonuttylikezenorship4547 what? 😂 did you even watch the video?

@Combat556 20 күн бұрын

Thank you sir for the air support you provided while I was on the ground as a Marine in the I Corps area in 1967-68.

@Tet68 12 күн бұрын

Ditto

@mondo851 20 күн бұрын

After listening to Commander Halyburton's story of captivity in his own words, I was moved by his arrival at forgiveness on the day of his release, and his consequent liberation.

@dave3156 20 күн бұрын

What a touching story! What this man and the other POWs endured for so long is such a sad story. We owe these men a debt that can never be fully repaid. I hope your life after release has been one which has made up for lost time. Thanks for your service and sacrifice sir

@tedlieb4928 20 күн бұрын

As a veteran, I salute you sir.👍🇺🇸

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

Veteran of foreign joo wars.

@thecomrade9284 7 күн бұрын

You salute the American or Ukraine flag on his collar. All you see is luck and willful ignorance.

@tedlieb4928 7 күн бұрын

YOU wouldn't understand.

@cduke3417 20 күн бұрын

Thank You Sir for Your Bravery in Military Service to Our Country! Thank You for sharing your experiences! 🇺🇸🙏

@zacandmillie 19 күн бұрын

What an amazing attitude... to forgive and not harbour hatred. My wife's Grandfather was captured in the Fall of Singapore in 42 and spent the whole war as a prisoner. Sadly his experiences haunted him and he found solace in alcohol. My wife remembers him as a child in the 60s as a drunk but did not know the reasoning behind it.

@dougstitt1652 20 күн бұрын

Thank you Mr. Halyburton !

@markheydt351 20 күн бұрын

Thank you sir.....for your service!!❤❤ I owe everything that I have in life to you veterans!!! thank you again!!

@6565hopepy 20 күн бұрын

My grandpa was in Chinese Volunteer Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, serviced in north Vietnam. One of his friend killed by American aircraft bomb attack, Shrapnel hit his head. Thank you for you sharing your story and experience.

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

@@robertwitcher5113oi vey

@1forrest1xx 17 күн бұрын

@@robertwitcher5113why are you so eo mean

@mattyfatstaxs 15 күн бұрын

Lots of former US Vietnam vets admired the courage of the Viet Cong and now after going back to visit Vietnam have nothing but nice things to say. Sorry for ur grandfathers loss

@PhillipFelix-kw3zi 13 күн бұрын

The war is over. All of us have more pressing matters to attend to. We also know that these wars should have never been fought to begin with. The monsters in charge want to make us fight yet another senseless war as we speak. Time for all of us to say "no" and move on to better endeavors.

@sstaffords12 12 күн бұрын

@@robertwitcher5113 sweare

@Solhai 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this story in such delicate detail. Eliminating hatred is profound and I've found great weights lifted from my personal life through forgiveness as well. You do us another service by sharing from such example. I hope sharing with the people of the AVC has eliminated other burdens for you and the experience was helpful to yourself as much as it has been to me and the many others who have listened. Semper Fortis

@amyhaneycreel 20 күн бұрын

Beautiful testimony from an amazing American

@MikeFromNashville 20 күн бұрын

God bless you and your family and he has with you. You are a good man and you make this world a better place. Thank you for your service thank you for telling your story.

@nancycornett9949 20 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your service, and your courage.

@murphyr31 20 күн бұрын

Wow ….. now that’s a good man. Ty for sharing this story with us. Powerful words 🇺🇸

@RW77777777 20 күн бұрын

what a blessing not to be in solitary for his time with Col. Cherry being alone is very painful it is my hope that veterans of all conflicts find freedom and forgiveness

@juno4494 19 күн бұрын

Though his experience and the courage and determination with which he handled it are beyond the imagination of most of us, his last words are true for all of us: considering hate as prisons from which he emerged. There is no more liberating a feeling than there is of true forgiveness, a letting go of the weight on our shoulders. Thank you for those words, Sir, and, by the way, HooYah.

@mamiJean24 17 күн бұрын

Currently stationed in Pensacola, it's amazing knowing that this is the old airstrip all throughout WW2, now turned into a navy IWTC training school. Thank you for your service, proud to serve along side you, ♥️♥️

@jarettlindstrom3283 20 күн бұрын

Amazing story. I’m so grateful to listen to

@WaynesWorldGarage 19 күн бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing your horrible experience. Your character and integrity are models for all.

@MrsinTN 18 күн бұрын

I had the pleasure of hearing Commander Halyburton speak in 2007 at Andersonville National Historic Site during their MIA/POW Days. I’m sorry that Andersonville no longer has a week of events; now, it’s one day.

@patriot6285 13 күн бұрын

This man is an exceptional person, he realized the importance of eliminating hatred from his life. This is a concept that we can ALL talk about, BUT tough to put into real life action.

@davidbarnes4586 19 күн бұрын

I enjoy listening to these men of wisdom-earned from years of living under circumstances most of could not imagine.

@xvsj-s2x 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for choosing to serve ❤🇺🇸

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

In a war where they drafted the poor, but these feds never send their own children. It's about to happen again on a grand scale never seen before. This time women will be part of this "selective" draft.

@savic408 20 күн бұрын

What an amazing man! I will never forget!

@hashslingingslasher1 14 күн бұрын

This channel is amazing never stop uploading there is nothing quite like this.

@IAMswayingwillow 20 күн бұрын

“Inspiration what life was going to be like when I got home”❤😂Welcome home Porter🥁🛫

@MoreFormosa 19 күн бұрын

Amazing sacrifices, thank you for your service sir! Happy that you were reunited with your parents, family,wife and daughter and friends👍🏼🙏💪🇺🇸

@z.louisecoombsrambouillet8395 20 күн бұрын

Thank you, sir, for your service! They do not make them like this young man anymore! Now, please, no one think that I don't think our service men & women aren't good and brave too! It's just that it's true that our elders are very different from people today and have a different mindset than people do today.

@otadashi1570 20 күн бұрын

Sounds like he knew he was flying low to avoid the SAMs and also knew by doing that he was an easy target for anti-aircraft fire. So, knowing both those things, why would anyone order a pilot into that situation?

@mikecrawford3805 18 күн бұрын

That, was the LBJ way. Oh yeah……and via the Swedes…….told Hanoi where the bombers were going, and when they were going. LBJ and his whiz McNamara, were in WAY over their heads. Much like Slick Willy, BO, and the Biden Family.

@lulumoon6942 11 күн бұрын

My Father was the first infant survivor, but 5th baby. He was declared KIA in the KC and for 2 weeks it nearly killed my Grandma! He was actually a POW and ultimately survived.🙏🕊️

@brucevidito4923 20 күн бұрын

Forgiveness is indeed liberating. Unforgiveness is like cancer. Psychologically, it can destroy you.

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

Meanwhile he is wearing an u.s/ukraine pin. He never learned and is just parroting gentile propaganda. This time it will be your kids, brothers and even sisters now in this "equal" world.

@abmcd9381 20 күн бұрын

'rules of engagement' are designed to allow the 'enemy' to continue being competitive for as long as possible.

@to8860 20 күн бұрын

Sickening.....

@jimmyjones2901 20 күн бұрын

When someone looks back into history, they will see that the greater force(being USA) showed mercy until forced upon. This is the only leverage the USA has to not look like the bully of war. If they wanted to, they could play the bully. This is also why other countries are willing to follow them into war and support their decisions. No one wants to follow the bully. Why, because the bully is the real loser with no respect for humanity. Furthermore I salute US military members for sacrificing this opportunity of attack in such situations as I understand the negative consequences.

@to8860 20 күн бұрын

@@jimmyjones2901 OR, our guys are fighting animals......they don't play by any"rules".

@johnathandaviddunster38 20 күн бұрын

@@to8860hey Bubba did you know that more Americans have been killed BY Americans in AMERICA than ALL the Americans killed in ALL the foreign wars combined that Americans have fought in,mainly thanks to the second amendment ...😢

@CommanderLongJohn 20 күн бұрын

@to8860 Exactly, that's why in WW2 we gave the Japanese literally no quarter . . Modern ROE I'd literally to prolong conflicts, which generates billions of dollars among the military industrial complex/government and in the pockets of rat politicians

@BrianD-ds4dx 19 күн бұрын

I suggest everyone read about his cousin, William D Halyburton, the namesake of the USS Halyburton

@ChancetheCanine 20 күн бұрын

7.3 years in captivity!😢

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

For bombing innocent people for never ending proxy wars seems like a fair trade off

@robertcampbell6745 20 күн бұрын

What a legend this man is. Imagine being in that condition and still not taking the easy way out. I have a horrible feeling that if that had been me, I would be like 'Ok, what do you want to know?' Lol I just watched the last part - what a line at the end. Why is this man not president of the USA?

@Seasidecc95437 10 күн бұрын

Ty, I was thinking the same thing., he was new, an probably had no real intelligence. Damn

@LBGirl1988 20 күн бұрын

God bless you, Hero!!!! ❤️💔❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@athanasiusofalexandria4304 21 күн бұрын

Wow.

@Onlyusemesuede 20 күн бұрын

What an amazing story! I can’t imagine being a pow let alone for as long as this man was. Thank you for your service sir!

@dswiger 20 күн бұрын

Halyburton is pretty lucid for his age. A great warrior who was miss used by the LBJ/McNamara cabal Welcome home warrior !

@ChrisMorton75 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this story.

@kathyspeed1575 14 күн бұрын

I'm so sorry for all of the horror and torture that allow you had to endure. I'm very proud of you for forgiving them. God is pleased so much for that. Thank you for your service and I'm sorry for the way that you all were treated when you got home. Those people were horrible. God bless you and your families. ❤❤❤

@richardthornhill4630 16 күн бұрын

Excellent POW story, especially when he forgave them and walked out free. Too many carried the hatred and unforgiveness home with them. Thanks to all our Veterans who served. Semper Fi.

@BrassMtn 20 күн бұрын

Holy Sugar!!! Pow for over 7 years!?!?

@JohnsonVideoLibrary 16 күн бұрын

Incredible story of courage and conscience. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.

@yvonnemurray5537 6 күн бұрын

What service, dedication, the will to survive AND to be totally honest in your personal evaluations of missions. God bless you sir & I am so sorry you had to endure what you did for our country. Signed female high school graduate 1966. We lost so many of our high school boys.

@HarvBeatsProduction. 19 күн бұрын

Wow... Thank you

@richardtruitt5073 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service sir

@DrMyEyes 2 күн бұрын

Stories such as this gentleman's are so truly moving and inspiring. God bless this man. Thank you Mr. Halyburton.

@j1st633 19 күн бұрын

Wow!

@Kennanjk 2 күн бұрын

I love this guys attitude about being declaring Kia by one of his fellow pows and he’s just like yeah stuff happens.

@brianlykins6663 14 күн бұрын

I thank you and every Viet Nam Veteran who served. I did not go to Viet Nam, graduated 72, the last year of selective service. If drafted I would've gone, but was not looking to enlist. Mainly I grew up with Viet Nam war, relatives, friends served, several didn't come home. I saw what the politicians were doing and with no regard for any American soldiers life nor concern for their families. I still blame the government for all the anti Viet Nam propaganda and the hatred for any returning American servicemen / women. An uncle was in LRRP's 68 - 69. I learned a lot about what was actually happening , not what the media was pushing. I've seen many of these interviews with POW's. I am always in awe of what they ent through, I know the spoken word can not tell all they experienced. Im not sure experienced is the right word, survived living through would be closer I guess. I pray all veterans find the peace they deserve. Wars are always waged by old men removed from danger and fought by young men that have little choice. No young person of typical fighting age, 18 - 25, should ever have go do and see the thing's they had to do and see. I have heard a few folks recounting their story, as with this man, that had a more peaceful tone in their voice and calmer demeanor. After watching several of these and talking to the vets that I know over the years. It finally came to me, the one's that made whatever peace they could, like this man forgiving his captors, were the ones that had a calmness others didn't. I respect all vets, but do have a special place in my heart for the Viet Nam vets. I suppose more for tge way they were treated coming home, by the government and the American people. God bless each soul that was envolved in any military exposure. May God help you and give you whatever peace you need to find. ❤

@JP-ry9ob 13 сағат бұрын

Geez,this man was right in the thick of the campaigns you read about that helped define air combat during the Vietnam war.

@zzznoonex 20 күн бұрын

Rip Stan ❤🇺🇲

@PasleyAviationPhotography 20 күн бұрын

Navy? Why does the thumbnail show a USAF Phantom.

@rhonda8231 14 күн бұрын

Such a brave man!!!! These men are the true hero's in society. Thank you for your service!

@michaelmeier5893 18 күн бұрын

Such an amazing story and thank you for your service but soooooo many unanswered questions!! Was his wife still waiting for him? Did she re marry or what?

@sandtiger 10 күн бұрын

CDR Halyburton, I knew one of your warrior brothers, CDR Ralph Gaither of Gulf Breeze Florida. He was my woodcarving mentor and an inspiration. God Bless you sir.

@user-kh1sq1cq2o 15 күн бұрын

Absolutely unbelievable account. I admire this man!

@azcardguy7825 2 күн бұрын

His last few sentences are some of the most wise words a man could possibly speak. Everyone who listened to this should try to live by those words.

@fnln544 18 күн бұрын

CDR(R), Grateful for your dedicated service. LTC(R)

@Scott3717 19 сағат бұрын

As a Key West native, thank you for your service Porter!

@jillr.austin1103 7 күн бұрын

7 years , of Bravery. Your the man thank you .came home to wife and baby

@awsomo53 5 күн бұрын

One of the substitute teachers we had in public school was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was kept in a bamboo cage and buried in the ground. He would never talk about it.

@alteredcanvas 15 күн бұрын

Thank U for your service sir, your an amazing American soldier We thank U for our lives❤❤

@Joemammatype3 19 күн бұрын

That’s why I put my flag out this morning.

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

That is why I looked on the back of the U.S dollar this morning

@myzacky96 17 күн бұрын

A beautiful heart breaking story, thank you for making our lives in USA free, God bless you

@richardtruitt5073 17 күн бұрын

More people in America need to have the honor like this Man has

@stephenambrose2103 16 күн бұрын

Absolute total respect for this man. A true hero. Unfortunately I am reading this at a time when a man who would describe Commander Halyburton as a loser for being captured may well again become the President. Sad.

@Bradydog-in7ut 6 сағат бұрын

Beautiful story!

@keatotherealone520 8 күн бұрын

The fact that 2675 days is 7 years is insane the amount of torture this guy went through must’ve been horrific and to be kept alive that long

@treystephens6166 20 күн бұрын

You Only Live Twice (1967) OO7

@useruser400 20 күн бұрын

Pro tip: Never believe Intel assessments of the enemy’s weapon’s capability. The best person to know that is the guy getting shot at, not the Intel toad! A USAF Wild Weasel EWO recounted flying in a Thud at three hundred feet over the Haiphong harbor and having an actively guided (!!!) SA-2 missile pass between his aircraft and the water. So a 3,000 ft target would be no challenge for an SA-2. I hope such lore is never lost. Nothing is worse than repeating lessons-learned.

@thomasjamesdyejr1814 13 күн бұрын

Quite a man! Blessings.

@racheld7528 13 күн бұрын

I took care of a young man in the early 2000’s. I apologize if I get some of the information wrong. He is former military. He was part of this group that would climb through the mountains of Vietnam I believe and bring home the bodies of US soldiers that did not make it. All of the climbing with the gear they have to carry did some damage to his neck and he had to have surgery. But he was planning to still go and help in any way he could. He was so nice! He gave me his info so I could donate or help in whatever ways I could. I don’t know where the information went. I moved soon after and it got lost. I don’t know if there is a way to find that group. But he made a life long impression. 💕

@unnamedchannel1237 13 күн бұрын

Could be department of peace operations ?

@unnamedchannel1237 13 күн бұрын

Not sure if this link will work www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3527804/dod-wont-stop-looking-until-all-powmias-are-home/

@robertroth287 16 күн бұрын

Not all heroes wear capes.

@searchingforaway8494 20 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@azcardguy7825 2 күн бұрын

The fact this guy held out for so long without talking is an amazing act of courage… I’d like to think I wouldn’t talk either but in all likely hood id be talking like a damn canary on day one to save my own butt…

@Snot390 19 күн бұрын

why didn’t you mention who is in the photo of your promotional post?

@Nick-gi6ym 16 сағат бұрын

You were a lucky man thank you

@randyandbethbiggs410 7 күн бұрын

Approx. 7 years 4 months. Wow!

@g-man2228 20 күн бұрын

👊🏻🇺🇸

@colinmccann7123 14 күн бұрын

My friend Patrick Hanley received the silver Star and several bronze Stars. for bravery as a Marine. He helped retrieve wounded Marines under fire. Patrick was found dead floating in the river over in eastern Oregon where's a big knot on his head. Whether somebody did it or he fell and hit his head.

@nalixl Күн бұрын

What a bravery. Shame he doesn't tell us about how he came home. I hope so much for him he came home to a loving wife and daughter. If not, that would have been heartbreaking for everyone involved.

@timtravasos2742 11 күн бұрын

Never heard of this man or his captivity.

@usateeski 20 күн бұрын

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@idonuttylikezenorship4547 18 күн бұрын

50 stars instead of 50 crosses. Not my war, not my problem.

@marcuserektus 20 күн бұрын

Welcome home.

@virginianorby644 15 күн бұрын

God bless you and your family. Thank you for serving when some sought every reason to not represent the USA.

@w.peterroberts9624 Күн бұрын

Amazing and inspiring description of inconceivably horrible treatment at the hands of the communist vietnamese. Thank you Cdr. Halyburton for telling us of your painful experience. Your steadfast adherence to your beliefs is an inspiration. God Bless You and your family.

@Nn-3 20 күн бұрын

I can only imagine being hit in the cockpit. I got kicked in the ballpit once and it hurt like hell.

@1romans122 6 күн бұрын

… and I walked out of 2 prisons.

@unknownrider3071 17 күн бұрын

In the book "P.O.W." by John G. Hubbell (Reader's Digest Books, 1976) there are additional details about how he cared for Major Cherry. (If you want to know more about Vietnam P.O.W.s the book is a great resource.)