The story of George “Bud” Day who flew F-100s on perilous MISTY FAC missions and then as a POW in North Vietnam became one of America’s greatest heroes and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Theodore Gostas was interned as a Prisoner of War in Southeast Asia after he was captured in South Vietnam on February 1, 1968 and was held until his release on March 16, 1973. Post Views: 554
On March 23, 1961, Bob Bailey became the first American prisoner of war in Southeast Asia. A combat veteran of World War II and Korea, Bailey was assistant Army attache in Laos when communist Pathet Lao guerrillas shot down the unarmed C-47 transport plane in which he and seven companions
Acclaimed Vietnam War historian George J. Veith reveals how Hanoi’s and Saigon’s secret policies caused the peace between North and South Vietnam to fail, highlights how Hanoi manipulated the U.S. POW/MIA issue, and illuminates how our South Vietnamese allies were unfairly maligned. Peace, POWs, and Power offers compelling insights into
“When the Library of Congress compiled oral histories for its Veterans History Project, 24 of the 49 individuals who identified themselves as Medal of Honor recipients had not actually received that award.” (Justice Samuel Alito, United States v. Alvarez.) If Fake Warriors will lie to the Library of Congress, who
Howard R. Simpson is one of the best memoirists you probably have never heard of—unless you happen to be a historian of the Vietnam War. He was a Foreign Service officer who worked for the U.S. Information Agency and, after retirement, became a novelist. Post Views: 799
