Operation Rescue
The first complete account of the daring drop into North Vietnam to rescue American prisoners of war. Post Views: 623
The first complete account of the daring drop into North Vietnam to rescue American prisoners of war. Post Views: 623
Betrayal recounts the 30-year saga of one man’s journey fighting to gain freedom for US prisoners of the Vietnam War, who were still in captivity for decades after the war’s end. That fight led him to work as an advocate for all US veterans against the injustices suffered by those
When looking at the extraordinary circumstances our American prisoners of war faced in North Vietnam, were these men trained in such a way that they knew exactly what to do? Can a training environment adequately duplicate the horrendous conditions these men faced? This research project intends to show that no
Jack Van Loan was a United States Air Force fighter pilot. In 1967, he was flying as wingman for Colonel Robin Olds when his F-4 Phantom jet was shot down. He spent six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Alongside such legends as Robbie Risner, James Stockdale,
Heroes of Our Time contains all 239 Medal of Honor citations such as this excerpt: …His rifle ammunition expended, he seized two grenades and, in an act of unsurpassed heroism, charged toward the entrenched enemy weapon. Hit again in the leg, this time with a tracer round which set fire