Vietnam: The POW Experience (Part I) [2006 AVC Conference]

Robert Wideman – Two weeks of hell – A POW’s story.

On November 17, 2013 Robert Wideman sat down and told of his experiences in the Vietnam War. Robert, born in Montreal, Canada and raised in upstate New York and Cleveland, OH, served in the Navy. A pilot, he flew 120+ missions into Vietnam off the carriers Enterprise and Hancock. On May 6, 1967, his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and Robert became a POW for the next six years. In this clip, he

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Inspect the savage sufferings and breaking points the American captives endured at the hands of their Vietnamese captors during the Vietnam Conflict as we touch down on Southern & Northern Vietnam camps as well as other outpost sites deep in the Indo-Chinese borderlands with Aldo scouring stories from firsthand accounts of real hard-boiled prisoners of war — including collaborators with the enemy. ——— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— — 0:24 Northern prisoner camps

Col. (Ret) Bob Waggoner Vietnam War POW Interview.wmv

Colonel Bob Waggoner (Ret), a towering but gentle man and fly fishing guide, was shot down over North Vietnam and spent 6 ½ years as a POW, including time at the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain. This is his story from an interview my son did for a History Day Project in 2009.

Nick Rowe – 5 Years to Freedom

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Vietnam: The POW Experience (Part I) [2006 AVC Conference]

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