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- Don Ackerman was born on 10 August 1919 in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Turn Off the Moon (1937). He died on 7 June 1991 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA.
- McKnight was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Alaska by his grandparents until he enrolled in St. Martin's High School in Washington State. He graduated from the University of Oregon. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force ROTC program on July 15, 1955, and went on active duty beginning January 23, 1956.
Lieutenant McKnight completed pilot training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laredo AFB, Texas, in February 1957, and then completed F-100 Super Sabre Combat Crew Training in September 1957. His first assignment was as an F-100 pilot with the 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron at Itazuke AB, Japan, from October 1957 to June 1961, followed by service as an F-100 pilot with the 428th and then the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, from July 1961 to January 1965. During this time, he deployed to Southeast Asia and flew combat missions from Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from November to December 1964. Captain McKnight next completed A-1 Skyraider training at Eglin AFB, Florida, and then served as an A-1 pilot with the 602nd Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam, from July 1965 until he was forced to bail out over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on November 6, 1965.
During his seven and a half years of captivity McKnight was incarcerated first in the Hanoi Hilton and was noted for his continued resistance to his captors and their methods of torture. The then Captain McKnight escaped from his solitary confinement cell on October 12, 1967 by removing the door bolt brackets, knowing the escape attempt could result in severe reprisal or the loss of his life. He was joined by a fellow POW, Navy Lieutenant George Coker, as they made it through a section of housing, then on to the Red River where they swam toward the Gulf of Tonkin throughout the night. The next morning, they were recaptured, severely beaten, and put into solitary confinement for two- and one-half years where repeated beatings continued.
They were later transferred to a prison in Hanoi across the Red River called Alcatraz by the POW's where the 11 senior officers (among them Admiral Jim Stockdale, Admiral Jeremiah Denton and junior officers such as McKnight and Coker) were kept in solitary confinement. All were subjected to isolation and continued torture during the remaining years of captivity.
Both officers after release were awarded the Air Force Cross (McKnight) and the Navy Cross (Coker) for their heroic efforts. Part of McKnight's Air Force citation reads: "Through his extraordinary heroism and aggressiveness in the face of the enemy, Colonel McKnight reflected the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force." His awards include the Air Force Cross, the Silver Star with three devices, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Combat V, two Purple Hearts and additional unit, service and campaign medals.
After spending 2,656 days in captivity, he was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973.
He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Travis AFB, California, and then attended the Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, from August 1973 to July 1974. His next assignment was to flight retraining and F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training before serving as Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Operations for the 463rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, from March 1975 to April 1976. Col McKnight then served as Deputy Commander for Operations of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Camp New Amsterdam in the Netherlands from May 1976 to March 1978, followed by studies at the Defense Language Institute and then service as Defense Air Attache to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from October 1978 to May 1982. His final assignment was as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Air Force/Canadian Forces Officer Exchange Program in Ottawa City, Canada, from November 1982 until his retirement from the Air Force on March 1, 1986.
George McKnight died on January 18, 2019 at the Fleet Landing Continuing Care Center in Atlantic Beach, Florida. He was 85. - Director
- Producer
- Writer
Daniel Solomon is an award-winning writer/director who has worked in film and theatre. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Film Program in 1996 his feature script Broken Glass & Gravel was named a semi-finalist in the Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition. He followed this up with in 1997 and 1998 with quarter finalist scripts For The Music and The Real Thing. In 2003 he was named one of the top 250 directors in Miramax/HBO's Project Greenlight 2002-2003 for his short film Stoplights. In 2006 Stoplights garnered the grand prize at the inaugural Next Generation Short Film Competition in Orlando, FL. Throughout 2005, Solomon immersed himself in the hill country of North Carolina and the world of stock car racing. The first product from this experience was Solomon's script Race City USA, and was named one of 30 finalists out of more than 3600 scripts in the 9th Annual Scriptapalooza International Screenwriting Competition. In 2007 Solomon made it to the final 200 directors out 17,000 in Steven Spielberg's On The Lot filmmaking competition. Solomon and his crew Psycho Film Binge won the Best of City Award for Jacksonville in the 2007 48 Hour Film Project with their film Easter Bunny Superhero. This film also took 7 out 15 overall awards including Best Costuming, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice. As a result it was invited to the international stage of the competition, which took place at Cinequest in the Spring of 2007. In 2008 Solomon wrote and directed the short films Natalija and The Wire Trip and had their world premiere at the 6th Annual Jacksonville International Film Festival. The Wire Trip went on to win Audience Choice, Best Cinematography, Best Actor and Best Editing at the awards ceremony for the 2008 48 Hour Film Project. Solomon followed this up with his award winning short with The Assassin's Wife a short historical fiction piece focused on the last hours between Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife. This film took home the Jury Prize for Best Florida Produced Short at the 2009 Jacksonville International Film Festival and has was selected for the Jury Competition at Rutger Hauer's "I've Seen Films" International Film Festival in Milan, Italy. Solomon's seventh feature script Southern Gothic was a quarter-finalist in the 2009 Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition. Also in 2009 he completed two new feature scripts 2 Hours to Midnight based on a true story and The Orchardville Diaries, which was one of 10 finalists in the 2011 Jacksonville Film Festival. It was at this festival that Solomon partnered with DC based producer Khris Baxter to develop and co-write Homestretch a feature script about prison inmates who are reformed by rehabilitating retired racehorses. Over the course of the next two years Solomon wrote, directed and co-produced a dramedy web-series Exposure that premiered in the Spring of 2013. Most recently Solomon completed work on his newest feature script Playing House.- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Paul Glanzman was born on 5 March 1929 in New York, USA. He was a production manager, known for I, the Jury (1982), F/X2 (1991) and Cagney & Lacey (1981). He was married to Anne. He died on 16 January 2024 in Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.- Tr3vaj was born on 19 August 2003. He was an actor, known for Skyrey x Tr3vaj: Can't Trust (2020), Tr3vaj: How You Feel (2021) and Tr3vaj: Aushamooo (2022). He died on 14 August 2022 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Glendon Alvine was born on 18 April 1893 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. He was a producer, known for Midshipman Jack (1933), The Silver Streak (1934) and We're Rich Again (1934). He died on 5 November 1977 in East Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Marvin L. Gliedman was born on 3 August 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Marvin L. is known for The Doctors (1963). Marvin L. died on 25 November 2001 in Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.- L. Patrick Gray was born on 18 July 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was married to Beatrice Kirk. He died on 6 July 2005 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA.