Publisher's Synopsis
Every war has victory and defeat. Some of the defeated survivors will be taken as the prisoner. Learn about their lives as prisoners.
This book details the life of American POWs during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Conditions in the camps are explained along with how the POWs coped with those conditions. Maps are included and for some camps names of the men (and women) held there are listed. Detailed histories of each of the main camps from both wars are given. Almost half of the POWs died from cold and starvation the first winter in Korea. The dead were stripped of clothing so the living could stay warm. Men were so weak they died while digging in the frozen ground to bury their buddies. In Vietnam, the POWs endured extreme isolation. Some went years without seeing another American face to face. They have been tortured to the point death was near, then were revived to be tortured again. They had to compete with the rats for their food. Americans know nothing about our POWs in Korea. Some recognize the name of the Hanoi Hilton from Vietnam but know almost nothing about what happened to the men held there. This book will change that.
