Jack Van Loan was a United States Air Force fighter pilot. In 1967, he was flying as wingman for Colonel Robin Olds when his F-4 Phantom jet was shot down. He spent six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Alongside such legends as Robbie Risner, James Stockdale, and John McCain, he endured years of torture and abuse. After his freedom, he spent decades compiling his memoir. While this memoir is being published after his death, the reader cannot help but feel his passion for telling his story to the world.
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
