Hero found
Subtitle: the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War
By: Bruce Henderson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780061571367
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Laotian Prisoners and prisons; Biography
Description: Tells the true story of Navy pilot Dieter Dengler who led and organized an escape from a P.O.W. camp in the Laotian jungle and returned to his aircraft carrier, emaciated and ill, six months after being shot down.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Born a gypsy"; title: America; title: Training for flight; title: The swordsmen; title: Gray Eagle goes to war; title: Shootdown; title: Will to survive; title: "We'll run out of pilots"; title: Prisoners of war; title: South China Sea; title: Escape; title: To the rescue; title: Returning hero; title: Alive and free.