CONTENTS

1. Foreword
2. Author’s Note
3. Prologue
4. Part 1: The Mission: Combat Search and Rescue
   1. Chapter 1: The Dinner Party
   2. Chapter 2: Nakhon Phanom
   3. Chapter 3: The Secret War in Laos
   4. Chapter 4: The Shoot-Down
   5. Chapter 5: Heartbreak Hotel
5. Part 2: The Prison Years: 1965–1973
   1. Chapter 6: Chain of Command
   2. Chapter 7: “Why Me, Lord?”
   3. Chapter 8: Briarpatch Humor
   4. Chapter 9: Breaking Point
   5. Chapter 10: Face to Face
   6. Chapter 11: The Middle Years
   7. Chapter 12: Ties That Bind
   8. Chapter 13: A War of Words
   9. Chapter 14: Committed
   10. Chapter 15: The Hanoi Hilton “University”
   11. Chapter 16: The 4th Allied POW Wing
   12. Chapter 17: Feet Wet
6. Part 3: After Prison
   1. Chapter 18: Home at Last
   2. Chapter 19: A Walk in Lafayette Park
7. Epilogue: Ten Years Later
8. Acknowledgments
9. About the Authors
10. Photo Gallery
11. List of Prison Camps and Approximate Dates of Jerry’s Imprisonment
12. Map of Approximate Locations of Prison Camps
13. Notes