A portrait of the Navy pilot, focusing on his ordeal as the first American prisoner of war in North Vietnam
GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNER, Life on a $5 Bet, is the biography of Major General Edward Mechenbier who, after being shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, endured the indignities of being held prisoner of war in the infamous Hanoi Hilton for almost six years.General Mechenbier tells how he survived
Gruner, a U.S. Army special forces officer, presents a critical interpretation of the portrayal of Vietnam War prisoners of war in the American media and within the culture as a whole. Early on he demonstrates a reasonably convincing knowledge of the several POW autobiographies available, but his work begins to
This book may well be the most unusual document to come out of the Viet Nam war. It is the moving story of nine American soldiers and pilots who were captured and held prisoner for five years. It could only be told in their own words; and so the author
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,
Fred Cherry was one of the few black pilots taken prisoner by the Vietnamese, tortured and intimidated by captors who tried and failed to get him to sign antiwar statements. Post Views: 215
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