P.O.W.: Two Wars. Two Americans. Held Behind Enemy Lines

This ‘On the Record™’ dual biography shares the experiences of two American soldiers taken as Prisoners of War: Everett Alvarez in Vietnam and Shoshana Johnson in Iraq.

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