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Hirsch recounts a remarkable friendship forged between two U.S. soldiers in one of the most harrowing settings the twentieth century has ever produced — the North Vietnamese POW camp known as the Zoo. One prisoner, Fred Cherry, was a pioneering air force pilot and the first black officer... read more

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Better place, worse place. Eagle slammed the notebook closed and gave the young American prisoner of war an ultimatum: talk to him and be taken to a camp where he could be with his buddies or refuse to cooperate and be taken to a place where he would suffer.

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  1. James S. Hirsch (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0618273484
Page Count: 288

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