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Glory Denied
Language: en
Pages: 504
Authors: Tom Philpott
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Glory Denied is the harrowing and heroic story of Floyd "Jim" Thompson, captured in March 1964, who became the longest-held prisoner of war in American history.
Glory Denied
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Tom Philpott
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-29 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Now hailed as a classic, one of the most unforgettable and heartbreaking books ever written about the Vietnam War. Glory Denied is the harrowing and heroic stor
Glory Denied: The Vietnam Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War
Language: en
Pages: 503
Authors: Tom Philpott
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-28 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Weaving together interviews with Thompson and his family; comments from friends, fellow soldiers, and other POWs; and excerpts from service records, medical rep
The Longest Rescue
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-20 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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While serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter, Airman First Class William A. Robinson was shot down and captured in Ha Tinh Province,
Chained Eagle
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Everett Alvarez
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

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"On August 5, 1964, while Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez, Jr., was flying a retaliatory air strike against naval targets in North Vietnam, antiaircraft fire crippled