Dieter Dengler was shot down over Vietnam while flying for the Navy in the 1960s. After being tortured and held captive, he would lead a group of fellow POWs on one of the most famous escapes documented. Hero found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War is one of the most recent tellings of his escape, this time through a collection of interviews with family, friends, and fellow soldiers as well as with government declassified documents.
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A Profile of Soldiers in the Book of the Day
We just got an audio book version of War by Sebastian Junger. He spent 15 months on the Afghan-Pakistan border with US Soldiers who spend years protecting this area. The dynamics of their relationships are explored.
We recommend clicking here to check out the author on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart talking discussing the book.