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Colvin Rod <1950-> |
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First heroes : the POWs left behind in Vietnam / / Rod Colvin |
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Omaha, Nebraska : , : Addicus Books, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prisoners of war - United States |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Missing in action - United States |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Prisoners and prisons |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: New York : Irvington Publishers, 1987. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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19 Maureen Dunn20 Marian Shelton; 21 Lynn Standerwick; 22 Sue Sullivan; 23 Kay Bosiljevac; 24 Dermot Foley; Afterword; Bibliography; Appendix; About The Author |
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<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The result of five years of research, <I>First Heroes</I> untangles an intricate web of information and ultimately concludes that the prisoners of war that were held captive in Southeast Asia were forgotten or ignored by their own country. Author Rod Colvin crisscrossed the country interviewing military and government officials, veterans, returned POWs, political figures, journalists, and members of the National League of Families and the National Forget-Me-Not Association and balances hard facts with the dramatic personal accounts of parents, w |
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