Commitment To Honor A Prisoner of War Remembers Vietnam

American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day

During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to

Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW

In 1952, John T. “Jack” Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. The pilots died in the crash, but Downey and his partner Richard “Dick” Fecteau were captured by the Chinese. For the next twenty years, they were harshly interrogated, put

Patriot, Prisoner, Survivor

Patriot, Prisoner, Survivor: An American Family at War is CDR James Bedinger’s first-hand account of his life, and in particular, his service and imprisonment in Laos during the Vietnam War. CDR Bedinger recounts a tale of heroism, endurance, and the shared struggle in the fight for freedom, paralleled with the

Traumatic Defeat: POWs, MIAs, and National Mythmaking

War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIAs) to justify the lost struggle, mute national guilt, and sometimes even reject the reality of defeat

Captured, Tortured … Freed: Faith Lessons from More Than 7 Years as a Vietnam-Era POW

When everything you hold dear is suddenly stripped away, where do you turn? IN 1965, USAF COL Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s rescue helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent the better part of 71/2 years confined in filthy cells throughout the notorious Hanoi prison camps.

Commitment To Honor A Prisoner of War Remembers Vietnam

Other Books You Might Be Interested In

American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day

Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW

Patriot, Prisoner, Survivor

Traumatic Defeat: POWs, MIAs, and National Mythmaking

Captured, Tortured … Freed: Faith Lessons from More Than 7 Years as a Vietnam-Era POW

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