Ed Rasimus wrote in message
SNIP:
Jack Van Loan had been in jail since 1967. It was now 1972 and when
asked about the view from his cell, he relates a tale. "It was a quiet
afternoon without too much going on when here comes a raid of some
kind which everyone in the room was ignoring. We had about 35-40 cons
in the room and down at one end playing bridge was Jim Young, an F-101
Recce driver and three other guys. The raid went on and finally it
became apparent when the guns stopped and the SAMs stopped that the
MiGs and the F-4s were dogfighting right over the top of the prison.
One of the tricks used by both our guys and the bad guys was when you
got an adversary trapped at dead six, drop down to tree top level and
haul ass right over the center of the city. That got everyone with an
AK shooting straight up and guess who got shot?? Of course, the number
two guy-the chaser . Well anyway, I am sitting there when all of a
sudden there is a brief whistling noise and then this F-4 goes by
going super plus and there is an enormous clap of noise with stuff
lifting off the ground, including me, and over where Jim and his guys
are playing bridge this huge piece of plaster about the size of a
blanket breaks loose and down it comes right over Jim. He doesn't even
look startled but has blood running down his face from some cuts on
his head. Without skipping a beat or even acknowledging the boom, the
blood or the blasted plaster, he leans forward and with no emotion
says"four hearts" That's when I realized we had been there too long!!"
Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8


Sierra Hotel!
To add a bit - I had a friend Dave Pollack who was in the Hilton during Linebacker - he said the strings of B52 bombs had the guards white-faced - so the guys told them "Stick with us - we'll see you don't get hurt."
Walt BJ