Vietnam War pilot USN Commander Al Carpenter of Cobbs Creek will be the subject of a Harry Smith segment on NBC’s Today Show on Friday, Feb. 7. The show airs from 7-11 a.m., with the segment featuring Carpenter airing shortly after 8. The interview was previously scheduled to air on Jan. 23, but was delayed. Carpenter said his interview with Smith came about when one of the show’s producers, Caroline Gottlieb, was visiting the Price of Freedom exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution and saw a prison uniform Carpenter wore while incarcerated for seven years in Vietnam. Carpenter was firing rockets at targets near Haiphong Harbor in November 1966 when he was hit by a missile. He managed to continue fighting and leading the attack before having to eject from his burning aircraft. He landed in Haiphong Harbor. With both arms broken and dislocated and a broken leg, Carpenter was captured by Vietnamese villagers and eventually turned over to the Vietnamese military. From there, he was sent t...