Chained Eagle: The Heroic Story of the First American Shot Down Over North Vietnam

by Everett Alvarez and Anthony S. Pitch

Book Overview

On August 5, 1964, while Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez was flying a retaliatory air strike against naval targets in North Vietnam, antiaircraft fire crippled his A-4 fighter-bomber, forcing him to eject over water at low altitude. Alvarez relates the engrossing tale of his capture by fishermen, brutal treatment by the North Vietnamese, physical and mental endurance, and triumphant repatriation nearly nine years later in 1973. Alvarez spent more time as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574885588
• ISBN13: 9781574885583
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"