
Minnesota in the Vietnam War:
Seven Years in the Hanoi Hilton
November 6, 1965: Richard Bolstad flew a Sandy as part of a search and rescue team. Yesterday, a pilot had gone down over North Vietnam. But instead of rescuing the pilot, Bolstad and nearly everyone in his team were shot down, taken captive and sent to the Hanoi Hilton. Here’s Britt Aamodt.