Return With Honor

Encyclopedia of prisoners of war and internment

This invaluable A–Z reference work presents nearly 300 entries that survey the history of prisoners of war and interned civilians from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Medical conditions, international law, exchanges of prisoners, organizations working on behalf of POWs, and trials

American Betrayal 1205: The POWs Who Never Came Home From The Vietnam War

In early 1973 Vietnam released 591 American POWs in Operation Homecoming as part of the Paris Peace Accord. There were always suspicions that not all POWs were accounted for. For nearly twenty years between 1973 and 1993 the POW families petitioned the American government to negotiate with Vietnam to locate any POWs

Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW

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,

The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton

On April 6, 1967, twenty-year-old U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Doug Hegdahl fell off his ship, a guided-missile cruiser, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Close to exhaustion after nearly four hours in the water, he was picked up by a small fishing boat and soon found himself in Hỏa Lò Prison,

Surviving Hell: A POW’s Journey

On April 19, 1967, Air Force Colonel Leo Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam when his wingman was shot down by an enemy MiG, which then lined up for a gunnery pass on the two American pilots who had bailed out. Although his F 105 was not designed

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Encyclopedia of prisoners of war and internment

American Betrayal 1205: The POWs Who Never Came Home From The Vietnam War

Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW

The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton

Surviving Hell: A POW’s Journey

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