The Son Tay Raid and the POW rescue mission during the Vietnam war is one of modern POW special operations. The mission had codenames Operation Ivory Coast and Operation Kingpin. This book takes readers inside the planning rooms, the mock compound at Eglin, the cockpits over Laos, and the prison courtyard at Son Tay to
Code-Name Bright Light tells one of the great unknown stories of the Vietnam War: the American military’s extensive secret operations to locate and rescue POW/MIAs during the conflict. It is a tale of tragedy and heroism revealed in full for the first time in this volume. The history of the
In 1973, American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the terrible prisons of North Vietnam. How did the men survive the years of solitary confinement and the brutal torture that was all too common? After their return through the U.S. military’s Operation Homecoming, the POWs shared their individual stories
The call of loyalty and the call of friendship compelled author Arlyn Perkey to investigate the fate of Donald L. Sparks–a Vietnam veteran with the high priority status of Missing in Action-Prisoner of War-Last Known Alive. Intertwining his own story with that of his friend Don, Perkey offers a portrait
