A thoroughly enjoyable first-hand account of Smith’s search for American MIAs in 1990s Vietnam.
A thoroughly enjoyable first-hand account of Smith’s search for American MIAs in 1990s Vietnam.
A former POW describes his experiences in a North Vietnamese prison camp, enduring hunger, torture, and the threat of death, while his wife describes her attempts to locate him and have him released. Post Views: 528
The era of “peace with honor” lasted only long enough for war-weary Americans to turn their attention to domestic problems. then, along with daily reports on steadily rising food and fuel costs, they began to hear of renewed Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. Even before the fall of Saigon to
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale’s early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but
Glory Denied is the harrowing and heroic story of Floyd “Jim” Thompson, captured in March 1964, who became the longest-held prisoner of war in American history. Tom Philpott juxtaposes Thompson’s capture, torture, and multiple escape attempts with the trials of his young wife, Alyce, who, feeling trapped, made choices that forever