| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Vietnam -- Fear -- Code of conduct -- A start -- Punching out -- Captured -- Moving -- Interrogation -- Escape -- Run -- The goose and the bug -- Torture -- The dungeon -- Heartbreak and beyond -- The zoo -- Coker and McKnight -- Bid for freedom -- The Zoo Annex -- Planning and preparation -- Escape from the annex -- Freedom runners -- Ordeal -- SEALs, frogmen, and dark waters -- New time -- Operation Diamond -- Blackbirds booming the Hanoi Hilton -- Operation Thunderhead -- Launch -- Deadly waters -- Final return. |
| Summary |
In the last year of the Vietnam conflict, even as American troops were leaving for home, there were still those fighting for their lives: prisoners of war being held in the Communist north. This is the incredible true story of a rescue mission that was classified Top Secret for years?Operation Thunderhead. |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
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Prisoners of war -- United States.
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Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Vietnam.
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Dramesi, John A.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Search and rescue operations.
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| ISBN |
9780425223734 |
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0425223736 |
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