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Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 9 months ago
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Ships From - Texas
Est. Publication Date - Jan 2009
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Thorsness joined the U.S. Air Force in 1951 at age 18 and became a jet pilot during the Vietnam War. During an 1967 mission he was shot down over North Vietnam. Injured and captured, he spent six years in the Hanoi Hilton. When the war ended in 1973, Thorsness was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Surviving Hell is a harrowing story of captivity, as told by the man who lived it
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Surviving Hell - Signed: A POW's Journey
ISBN: 9781594032363
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On April 19, 1967, Air Force Colonel Leo Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam when his wingman was shot down by an enemy MiG, which then lined up for a gunnery pass on the two American pilots...
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