The first complete account of the daring drop into North Vietnam to rescue American prisoners of war.
Even if you don’t know much about the war in Vietnam, you’ve probably heard of “The Hanoi Hilton,” or Hoa Lo Prison, where captured U.S. soldiers were held. What they did there and whether they were treated well or badly by the Vietnamese became lasting controversies. As military personnel returned
Commander Ralph Gaither’s look back at his 7 years as a Vietnam POW. Post Views: 578
Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroes, POWs returning from Vietnam responded by holding tight to their chosen motto, “Return with Honor.” “We’re giving the American people what they want and badly need–heroes,” said a Vietnam jungle POW. “I feel it’s our responsibility, our duty to help
1. Introducing the POW/MIA Controversy 2. Live POWs in Southeast Asia? Says Who? 3. Scuttled Rescues? Debunked Reports? 4. Does Anyone Really Care? 5. Fake Remains? Whose Are They? 6. How Are POWs Treated? How Do They Live? 7. Castro’s Sadistic Cuban Interrogators Tortured POWs? A shocking expose of the
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.
