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Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later

by: Taylor Baldwin Kiland, Jamie Howren

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.70437092273
EAN: 9781574889697
ISBN: 1574889699
Label: Potomac Books Inc.
Manufacturer: Potomac Books Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 172
Publication Date: November 15, 2005
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Sales Rank: 565008
Studio: Potomac Books Inc.



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OPEN DOORS is a tribute to Vietnam prisoners of war and their individual determination in seeking personal and professional happiness upon their release. A testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of human will, it is also a celebration of freedom.

While their experience in captivity has been well documented, historians have largely overlooked the current lives of former Vietnam POWs. Combining photo portraits and insightful profiles of thirty Vietnam-era POWs, Taylor Baldwin Kiland and Jamie Howren offer an intimate look at these men—the longest-held group of returned POWs in our nation's history—as husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and grandfathers. Subjects include the famous (Sen. John McCain and former vice presidential candidate Vice Adm. James Stockdale) and the not-so-famous. None received celebrity treatment on their liberation; all resumed their lives as private citizens. Most of them have flourished in the face of great challenges, proud of their accomplishments.

The book is based on a traveling photographic exhibit that has been touring the United States since October 2003. Rather than dwelling on the torture and suffering of their years in the notorious prison complex known to its inhabitants as the 'Hanoi Hilton,' the authors focused on commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the POWs’ return to the United States and on celebrating the years of freedom and personal achievement that followed.



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - POW's Today
The book was quick to read and the type was easy to read. There were numerous photographs and reasonably ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Best and the Brightest After the Hanoi Hilton
Perhaps the most striking part of this book to me is the simple number, the number of days that these men ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Truth and Tribute for Viet Nam POWs
This is a captivating little book that reveals how 30 Prisoners Of War (POWs) from Viet Nam have coped with ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Real Heroes
This is a Great book that every patriotic American should read. I served in Viet Nam and our group is a much ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Talk about inspirational!
I just can't get enough of this book. It's simply amazing to ponder that these men have been imprisoned and ... Read More

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