The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson

by Glenn Robins

Book Overview

While serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter, Airman First Class William A. Robinson was shot down and captured in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam, on September 20, 1965. After a brief stint at the "Hanoi Hilton," Robinson endured 2,703 days in multiple North Vietnamese prison camps, including the notorious Briarpatch and various compounds at Cu Loc, known by the inmates as the Zoo. No enlisted man in American military history has been held as a prisoner of war longer

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813143233
• ISBN13: 9780813143231
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up