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

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

by JamesN.Rowe (Author)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

* First hand account of a US officer captured by the Viet Cong *Details the remarkable story of his time as a PoW and his eventual escape *Reveals the terrible psychological and physical suffering he endured When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive. In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. 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 just as everything appeared to be turning against him. By turns harrowing and triumphant, Five Years to Freedom is an unforgettable true story of survival- and testimony to the disciplined human spirit.

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More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: 01 Jul 2007
ISBN 10: 0345314603
ISBN 13: 9780345314604

Media Reviews
The Most Important Book Ever Written About The Vietnam Experience. The people of the United States can be immensely proud of Nick Rowe and Americans like him who have resisted and survived the worst abuse a brutal enemy could visit upon us. --Robin Moore

If you can read this story and not weep, you are inhuman. --The Cincinnati Post

Author Bio
James N. Rowe was an officer in the Green Berets and was part of the small advisory force sent to assist the South Vietnamese in 1962. Captured by the Viet Cong in 1963 and marked for execution, Rowe succeeded in escaping after five years of captivity. After the war, Rowe was assigned to the Philippines to train the army to fight communist guerillas. On April 21, 1989, Rowe was assassinated by communist insurgents in a suburb of Manila. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.