Self memoir of Richard “Pop” Keirn’s captivity in Germany during WW II and Hanoi during the Vietnam War,
Vietnam is sometimes called the land of the rising serpent, or dragon, because its geographical landmass resembles a serpent (or dragon) in an upward configuration. In this book, taken from Colonel Fer’s personal experience of more than six years of Communist incarceration at the hands of the North Vietnamese, one
In 1968, during a forty hour period, the Air Force flew 189 sorties to rescue a Navy A-7 pilot, call sign Streetcar 304, in one of the largest rescue efforts of the Vietnam War. Before it ended, four pilots had ejected, seven planes were lost or heavily damaged, and, at
This is the extraordinary story of a true American Patriot. Captured by the North Vietnamese and imprisoned for seven and a half years, Colonel (retired) Quincy Collins used his innate resolve and the outstanding training that led to his qualification as an elite Air Force fighter pilot to face his
When American troops were sent to train South Vietnamese soldiers in their fight against the North Vietnamese, the United States was drawn into the battle. More than 800 U.S. military and civilian men and women became prisoners of war and endured severe torture and abominable living conditions. Post Views: 1,002
On May 14, 1961, Grant Wolfkill, a news cameraman for NBC, watched the signing of a cease fire agreement in Laos. The following day his helicopter crashed, and he was captured by the Pathet Lao. For fifteen months, he was to be their prisoner – a prisoner of peace. Post
