American War Library – Life as a POW: The Vietnam War

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.

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Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW

On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam on his 76th mission and listed as killed in action. One-and-a-half years later he was found to be alive and a prisoner of war. Halyburton was held captive for more than seven years. Reflections on Captivity,

The Vietnam War: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History)

The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America’s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Post Views: 704

Operation Rescue

The first complete account of the daring drop into North Vietnam to rescue American prisoners of war. Post Views: 550

On the Wings of Geezers, Life Lessons from Old Pilots

First person stories of The Friday Pilots of Tucson Arizona. Lessons learned flying the old airplanes in the old Air Force, Army and Navy in peace and war. They crashed, they burned, they laughed, they cried, they soared. These pilots are the REAL DEAL. They’ve been there, done that. You’ll

Locked Up With God: My Best Thirteen Speeches by Captain Guy D. Gruters, Vietnam POW

The title of this book reflects that it is a book about being locked up with God. This happened to me during the Vietnam War. I was an American prisoner of war – P.O.W. I spent over five years in a prison, and there I was with God and only