First heroes : the POWs left behind in Vietnam /

The result of five years of research, First Heroes untangles an intricate web of information and ultimately concludes that the prisoners of war that were held captive in Southeast Asia were forgotten or ignored by their own country. Author Rod Colvin crisscrossed the country interviewing military an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Colvin, Rod, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Omaha, Nebraska : Addicus Books, [2013]
Subjects:
1961-1975
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Missing in action > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Prisoners and prisons.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Disparus au combat > États-Unis.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Prisonniers et prisons.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Missing in action
Prisoners of war
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Map; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1 Taking Off the Bracelets; 2 The Missing in Action/ Prisoners of War; 3 Refugee Sightings; 4 Refugee Letters; 5 Ngo Phi Hung; 6 The Government Focus on Refugee Sightings; 7 The Mortician; 8 The Nhom Marrot Mission; 9 U.S. Government Studies on the Pow Question; 10 A Review of Communist Trends on Pows; 11 Returned Pows Remember ... ; Mia/pow Families; 12 Earl Hooper, Sr.; 13 Jean Macdonald; 14 Jerry Debruin; 15 Robert Cressman; 16 Sarah Frances Shay; 17 George Shine; 18 Vince Donahue; 19 Maureen Dunn.
  • 20 Marian Shelton21 Lynn Standerwick; 22 Sue Sullivan; 23 Kay Bosiljevac; 24 Dermot Foley; Afterword; Bibliography; Appendix; About The Author.

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