American patriot : the life and wars of Colonel Bud Day /
During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere--a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
[2007]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| Summary: | During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere--a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war. Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had expected: his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed--and what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-384) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0316758477 9780316758475 |