More detail on this person: CW4 David W.
Sooter, who, of course was a WO-1 then, was in D
Troop 1-10 Cav, 4th Infantry Division when he was
shot down and taken prisoner. I joined the Troop
a short time after this had happened. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Date posted on this site:
03/10/2024
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Many years later, Dave came to the 114th AHC,
stationed in the old Panama Canal Zone, as a W-4.
He had recently been released from all of the
post-captivity counseling and debriefings.
Dave was in Ecuador, not Honduras or El Salvador,
flying a UH-1H, on a State Department 'special
mission' when he again disappeared. I had just
left the Canal Zone to return to CONUS, and heard
about the aircraft disappearing from friends still
in the 114th. I know from talking to many people,
in many capacities, that a massive SAR operation
was conducted, and that it took a very long time
to locate the wreckage.
From: Jim Hanson, CW4 (Ret)