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The Battle Behind Bars: Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War (The U.S. Navy and The Vietnam War)

The unconventional nature of the war and the unforgiving environment of Southeast Asia inflicted special hardships on the Vietnam-era POWs, whether they spent captivity in the jungles of the South, or the jails of the North. This book describes their experiences – the similarities and the differences – and how

Voices of the Vietnam POWs: Witnesses to Their Fight

Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroes, POWs returning from Vietnam responded by holding tight to their chosen motto, “Return with Honor.” “We’re giving the American people what they want and badly need–heroes,” said a Vietnam jungle POW. “I feel it’s our responsibility, our duty to help

Tiger in the Barbed Wire: An American in Vietnam, 1952-1991

Howard R. Simpson is one of the best memoirists you probably have never heard of—unless you happen to be a historian of the Vietnam War. He was a Foreign Service officer who worked for the U.S. Information Agency and, after retirement, became a novelist. Post Views: 764

Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW

In 1952, John T. “Jack” Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. The pilots died in the crash, but Downey and his partner Richard “Dick” Fecteau were captured by the Chinese. For the next twenty years, they were harshly interrogated, put

Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973

Among the many horrors of the Vietnam War, some of the most brutal and, until now, least documented were the experiences of the American prisoners of war, many of whom endured the longest wartime captivity, of any POWs in U.S. history. With this book, two of the most respected scholars

Other Books You Might Be Interested In

The Battle Behind Bars: Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War (The U.S. Navy and The Vietnam War)

Voices of the Vietnam POWs: Witnesses to Their Fight

Tiger in the Barbed Wire: An American in Vietnam, 1952-1991

Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW

Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973

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