Navy commander leo g hyatt biography

Lee Hyatt was born on April 29, 1934, in Salem, New Hampshire. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy on June 29, 1953, and was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy on June 7, 1957. Ens Hyatt next completed flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1958, followed by F-8 Crusader Replacement Air Group training with VF-174 at NAS Cecil Field, Florida.

His first assignment was as an F-8 pilot with VF-11 at NAS Cecil Field from 1959 to 1963, and then Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, from 1963 to 1964.

Navy commander leo g hyatt biography

His next assignment was on the staff at the U.S. Naval Academy from 1964 to 1966, followed by RA-5C Vigilante Replacement Air Group training with RVAH-3 at NAS Sanford, Florida. LCDR Hyatt served as an RA-5C pilot with RVAH-12 from February 1967 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on August 13, 1967.

After spending 2,041 days in captivity, CDR Hyatt was released during Operation Homecoming on March 14, 197