Gunpilot: A Vietnam POW opens by introducing us to a fearless military pilot whose quiet acts of valor—like risking his life to pull a wounded comrade from enemy fire—establish him as an undeniable “good guy” early on. In the tension-filled skies of Vietnam, his routine mission turns catastrophic when his
Captain Ben Ringsdorf was locked away for six and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton, the most notorious prison camp in the Vietnam War. After he and the rest of his captive soldiers were freed at war’s end, he was greeted with not only a hero’s welcome, but a
“What are you gonna call it?” he asked, his hands fidgeting nervously, looking for something to do, searching his mind for the next thing to say. “To Hell and Beyond,” I replied with a bit of cautious skepticism in my voice. Waiting with nervous anticipation I wondered what thoughts were
Describes the ordeal of Major Fred Cherry, who was shot down in combat over Vietnam and spent seven-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi. Post Views: 619
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
