Journey into Darkness: The Gripping Story of an American POW’s Seven Years Trapped Inside Red China During the Vietnam War

One of two American pilots held by the Chinese as prisoners during the Vietnam War recounts his seven years in captivity and reveals how his discipline and adherence to the POW code of conduct pulled him through the ordeal. Original.

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