Talk:Everett Alvarez Jr.

School
Teah they is a school named after him in his birthplace of Salinas, California.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.109.175.110 (talk • contribs).

Sources?
There are almost no sources cited for this entry. Unsupported information will have to eventually be removed. Also, any material garnered from an editor's interview with the subject violates WP's policy against original research, and will also have to be removed. Sources, anyone? --Patchyreynolds (talk) 22:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

First or second.
I sent a question and did not get a good answer.

question

> Is it first or second pilot to be downed? > > John > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Alvarez_Jr. > > > Everett Alvarez Jr. > > > Everett Alvarez Jr. (born December 23, 1937) is a former >  U.S. Navy >  Commanderwho endured one of > the longest periods as a >  > prisoner of war (POW) in >  > American military history. Alvarez was the second U.S. pilot to be > downed and detained during the >  Vietnam War and spent over > eight years in captivity; making him the second longest-held American > POW, after  U.S. > Army Colonel  > Floyd James > > > >  > > https://www.google.com/search?q=first+pilot+shot+down+vietnam >  &aqs=c > hrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i65l3j69i57.4091j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8> > &oq=firs&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i65l3j69i57.4091j0j4&sourceid=chro > me&ie= > UTF-8 > > Alvarez was the first U.S. pilot shot down over North Vietnam and > became a stoic role model for the 658 Americans who eventually joined > him in enemy prisons. "Everyone, all the POWs, looked up to Ev," says > Paul Galanti, a former POW who was captured two years after > Alvarez.Feb 19, 1990 > > > >  y-flie > r-everett-alvarez-explores-old-wounds-in-a-new-book-vol-33-no-7/> > Eight Years a P.O.W. in North Vietnam, Ex-Navy Flier Everett Alvarez ... > > > people.com/.../eight-years-a-p-o-w-in-north-vietnam-ex-navy-flier-ever > ett-al > varez-explo... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.78.244.239 (talk) 23:37, 5 October 2017‎ (UTC)
 * Admin comment - I moved this from, which no one is watching and should have been a redirect anyway. Primefac (talk) 12:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Back in the United States
CDR Alvarez was the XO at NAS Cecil Field in the late 1970s, early 1980s. BubbleDine (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:54, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Verfilmungen
Meiner Ansicht nach sollte auch erwähnt werden das Alvarez in seiner Zeit als Gefangener im HANOI-HILTON von nordvietnamesischen Geheimdienst bei den Verhören von einem Kamerateam des DEUTSCHEN FERNSEHFUNKS ( DFF ) [ Anmerkung: Der Sender DFF war bis 1990 das Staatsfernsehen der DDR oder OST-DEUTSCHLAND ] gefilmt und befragt wurde. Die Aufnahmen wurden unter dem Titel: SOLDATEN IN PYJAMAS.... als anti-imperialistischer und USA-feindlicher Film in der DDR gezeigt. ...keine Quellenangabe da Info frei im Internet abrufbar

In my opinion, Alvarez should also be mentioned during his time as a prisoner in the HANOI-HILTON of the North Vietnamese secret service during the interrogation by a camera team of the GERMAN TELEVISION RADIO (DFF) [Note: The station DFF was the state television of the GDR or EAST GERMANY until 1990 ] was filmed and interviewed. The recordings were shown under the title: SOLDIERS IN PAJAMAS .... as an anti-imperialist and US-hostile film in the GDR. ... no source information as information is freely available on the Internet

Everett Alvarez J.
Everett Alvarez J. may have been the first American pilot shot down and a POW in Vietnam, but he was not the first American soldier to become a POW in Vietnam. That dubious honor belongs to Donald Morgan who was captured and became a POW in 1954. Ten years before Alvarez. 2601:403:C381:E9F0:9100:DAFF:87AA:F40E (talk) 15:55, 24 January 2022 (UTC)