A portrait of the Navy pilot, focusing on his ordeal as the first American prisoner of war in North Vietnam
War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIAs) to justify the lost struggle, mute national guilt, and sometimes even reject the reality of defeat
Black Prisoner of War chronicles the story of James Daly, a young black soldier held captive for more than five years by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese and subsequently accused (and acquitted) of collaboration with the enemy. One of the very few books about the Vietnam War by an African
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale served in the navy from 1947 to 1979, beginning as a test pilot and instructor at Patuxent River, Maryland, and spending two years as a graduate student at Stanford University. He became a fighter pilot and was shot down on his second combat tour over
Six Years In Hell” is the memoir of Jay R. Jensen’s 6 years as a POW during the Vietnam War. He was in such places as “The Zoo” and “The Hanoi Hilton”. He talks of the struggles, hope and fears, and moral dilemmas they faced. Post Views: 602
Lee Humiston, is the Founder and Curator of the Maine Military Museum and Learning Center (Sout Portland, Maine) Voices From The Dark, is a powerful collection of poems written by prisoners of war in the cells of Hanoi, Vietnam, and Peking, China. The book is a testament to the strength
