Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981 /

Everett Alvarez Jr.'s plane was shot down during Operation Pierce Arrow, America's 1964 response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for a eight and a half years. Here Alvarez describes being shot down, captured, and eventua...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Alvarez, Everett, 1937- (Speaker, interviewee (expression),), Ellison, Richard (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Boston, Mass. : WGBH Boston Video, 1983.
Series:	American history in video.
Subjects:	Alvarez, Everett, > 1937- > Interviews. Alvarez, Everett, > 1937- Streaming videos. interviews. Interviews. Nonfiction television programs. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Everett Alvarez Jr.'s plane was shot down during Operation Pierce Arrow, America's 1964 response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for a eight and a half years. Here Alvarez describes being shot down, captured, and eventually transported to the "Hanoi Hilton" where he endured isolation and torture. He describes incidents during his captivity and how it affected his personal life. Finally, he discusses his feelings about anti-Vietnam war protests in the United States, about the end of the war, and his experience as a POW.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (44 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:	00:43:45