Operation Thunderhead
Subtitle: the true story of Vietnam's final POW rescue mission- and the last Navy SEAL killed in country
By: Kevin Dockery.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Berkley Caliber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780425223734
Subjects: Dramesi, John A; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese; Prisoners of war -- United States; Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Vietnam; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Search and rescue operations
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Vietnam; title: Fear; title: Code of conduct; title: A start; title: Punching out; title: Captured; title: Moving; title: Interrogation; title: Escape; title: Run; title: The goose and the bug; title: Torture; title: The dungeon; title: Heartbreak and beyond; title: The zoo; title: Coker and McKnight; title: Bid for freedom; title: The Zoo Annex; title: Planning and preparation; title: Escape from the annex; title: Freedom runners; title: Ordeal; title: SEALs, frogmen, and dark waters; title: New time; title: Operation Diamond; title: Blackbirds booming the Hanoi Hilton; title: Operation Thunderhead; title: Launch; title: Deadly waters; title: Final return.