| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-384) and index. |
| Summary |
During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere--a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war. Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had expected: his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed--and what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Siouxland -- War and peace -- Preparation -- The wild blue yonder -- Sporty flying -- Building time -- Hit my smoke -- South toward freedom -- North toward hell -- The bug -- Another summer of love -- The years of the locust -- The freedom bird -- Three's in...with unfinished business -- Over the side -- Goodbye yellow dogs -- Once more unto the breach -- The fat lady never sings -- One more mission -- Epilogue. |
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Day, George E.
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Medal of Honor -- Biography.
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United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Vietnam -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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Retired military personnel -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0316758477 |
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9780316758475 |
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