Edwin A. Shuman, III

Edwin Shuman entered the U.S. Naval Academy Prep School on January 12, 1949, and started at the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1950, graduating with a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in June 1954. Ensign Shuman next completed flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in October 1955, followed by service as an F3D Skyknight pilot with VC-4 from October 1955 to July 1957. His next assignment was as an F9F-8B Cougar pilot with VF-81 from July 1957 to May 1959, and then as an instructor pilot with VA-43 at NAS Oceana, Virginia, from May 1959 to January 1960. Lieutenant Shuman served as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, from January 1960 to June 1962, and then attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School from June 1962 to June 1963. His next assignment was as ship's crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) from June 1963 to January 1966, followed by service on the staff of the Commander Carrier Air Wing Seven (CAW-7) from January 1966 to September 1967. Lieutenant Commander Shuman next served as an A-6 Intruder pilot with VA-35 from September 1967 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on March 17, 1968.