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Author
Series
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history volume no. 112
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. Determined to maintain...
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Describes the ordeal of Major Fred Cherry, who was shot down in combat over Vietnam and spent seven-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Kelly's heroes: World War II soldiers learn of a fortune of gold bars that the Germans have stashed in enemy territory, and decide to steal the loot.
Where eagles dare: A group of special agents attempting to rescue an Allied general from an impregnable castle is jeopardized by a ruthless German double agent.
The Big Red One: Named for the insignia of the First Infantry Division, this World War II combat film (based on Fuller's own war experiences)...
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Missing in action: American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam - and it's up to a one-man invincible army, Colonel James Braddock, to bring them home.
Missing in action 2: In this prequel to Missing in action, Colonel Braddock and five of his men are captured and placed in a torturous work camp ruled by a ruthless, maniacal warden, until Braddock seizes an opportunity to spring into action and free his men at any cost.
Braddock,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Naval aviator Jeremiah Denton was captured in North Vietnam in 1965. As a POW, Jerry Denton led a group of fellow American prisoners in withstanding gruesome conditions behind enemy lines. They developed a system of secret codes and covert communications to keep up their spirits. Later, he would endure long periods of solitary confinement. Always, Jerry told his fellow POWs that they would one day return home together. Although Jerry spent seven...
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"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 is a collection of fifty short stories about this young naval officer's experiences as a POW in North Vietnam"--