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Surviving Five and a Half Years as a Prisoner of War

Airman Pulse
Tom Kirk and Collin Meisel
August 5, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Collin talks with Col. Tom Kirk (ret.), a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who flew combat in Korea and Vietnam before spending five and a half years as a prisoner of war. In this honest and compelling conversation, Kirk traces his journey from flight school through the dive-bombing campaigns over North Vietnam, to the day he was shot down and captured.

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