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010 $a 2008002997
020 $a9781594032363 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a159403236X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aThorsness, Leo,$d1932-2017.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008004803
245 10 $aSurviving hell :$ba POW's journey /$cLeo Thorsness.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bEncounter Books,$c2009.
300 $a132 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $g1.$tMedal of Honor Mission -- $g2.$tShot Down -- $g3.$tWhat I Brought With Me -- $g4.$tDown the Mountain -- $g5.$tTap Code -- $g6.$tA Day in the Life of -- $g7.$tDinnertime -- $g8.$tBad Medicine -- $g9.$tWalking Home -- $g10.$tThe Medal of Honor -- $g11.$tSolo -- $g12.$tThe Question of Freedom -- $g13.$tBoredom -- $g14.$tPrison Science -- $g15.$tThe Lord's Prayer -- $g16.$tHanoi Hilton Extension Courses -- $g17.$tThe Home Front -- $g18.$tPrison Talk -- $g19.$tMike's Flag -- $g20.$tChristmas 1972 -- $g21.$tLeaving Hell -- $g22.$tHome.
520 1 $a"On April 19, 1967, Leo Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam when his wingman was shot down by an enemy MiG that then lined up for a gunnery pass on the two American pilots who had bailed out. Although his F-105 was not designed for aerial combat, Thorsness immediately engaged the enemy aircraft and destroyed it. When Thorsness spotted four more MiGs, he fought his way through a barrage of North Vietnamese SAMs to engage them too, shooting down one more and driving the others off. For this action, Leo Thorsness was awarded the Medal of Honor. But he didn't learn about it until years later - and then only by a "tap code" coming through prison walls - because on April 30 Thorsness himself was shot down, captured, and transported to the Hanoi Hilton. Surviving Hell is Thorsness's account of a six-year captivity."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aThorsness, Leo,$d1932-2017.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008004803
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xPrisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143287
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113202
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109067
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zVietnam$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010108359
650 0 $aFighter pilots$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103715
852 00 $boff,glx$hDS559.4$i.T49 2009