Author: George E. Day
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The story of a prisoner of war from the Vietnamese Conflict, who returned to the United States after being held in inhuman conditions for 67 months. Col. Day was one of the nearly 600 prisoners who returned following the signing of the Paris Peace accord. He is the winner of the National Medal of Honor and the National Order of Vietnam, both the highest medal either country can bestow. Col. Day is the most highly decorated soldier since Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with over 70 decorations, more than 50 of them for combat.