| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
9 audio discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Subtitle from container. |
| Cast |
Read by Todd McLaren. |
| Summary |
In February 1966, U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over "neutral Laos." He crashed deep in territory controlled by North Vietnamese army regulars and the communist Pathet Lao, who would eventually capture him and hold him prisoner in a fortified jungle prisoner-of-war camp. But German-born Dengler was no ordinary prisoner. Already a legend in the Navy for his escape and evasion skills---amply demonstrated during training in the California desert---he would initiate, plan, and lead an organized escape from the POW camp, becoming the longest-held American to escape captivity during the Vietnam War. Caught in a most desperate situation, imprisoned not only by the enemy but by the jungle itself, Dengler's heroic impulse was to not only get himself out but to free all the other POWs---Americans, Thai, and Chinese---some of whom had been held for years. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Dengler, Dieter.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, Laotian.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
McLaren, Todd Parker. Performer.
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Tantor Media.
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| ISBN |
9781400147021 Library ed. |
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1400147026 Library ed. |
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9781400117024 Retail Unikeep pkg. |
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140011702X Retail Unikeep pkg. |
| Music No. |
102362 Landmark Audiobooks |
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102362011 Landmark Audiobooks |
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