The "Hanoi Taxi"'s name comes from the writing on the flight engineer's panel by the POWs aboard the plane for the freedom flight. The commander of the first pick‐up jet—No. 60177—was Major James E. Marrott, originally of Provo, Utah. His navigator was Lieutenant colonel James C. Warren, originally of Chicago. Both flew reconnaissance and electronic warfare planes over South Vietnam during the war. On May 5, the "Hanoi Taxi" repeated the feat by flying approximately 100 former Vietnam POWs to Clark Air Base, The Philippines.