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Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW

James N. Rowe

When Green Beret Lieutenant James Rowe was captured in 1963 by the Vietcong, he became one of the first American POWs of the Vietnam War. For half a decade, Rowe endured illness and other unimaginable adversities. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die. And he struggled every day to maintain faith in himself as a soldier and in his country, which appeared to have forgotten him. ... [Back cover].

GenresRowe, James NVietnam War, 1961-1975Prisoners and prisons, Viet CongPersonal narratives, American

465 pages

English edition · First published 2005 by Ballantine Books · ISBN 9780345314604

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