An edition of Bean Camp to Briar Patch: Life in the POW Camps of Korea and Vietnam (2011)

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An edition of Bean Camp to Briar Patch: Life in the POW Camps of Korea and Vietnam (2011)

Bean Camp to Briar Patch: life in the POW Camps of Korea and Vietnam

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Bean Camp to Briar Patch discusses the Prisoner of War experience of Americans in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. Camps are described by location and condition. Treatment of POWs is discussed in graphic detail. Over 30 pages of maps, photos, and diagrams. There is no other single source containing this information.

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English
Pages
214

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Subjects

prisoner of war, POW, Korean War, Vietnam War, torture, escape, Viet Cong Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, Concentration camps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, North Vietnamese Prisoners and prisons, North Korean Prisoners and prisons, Directories, Korean War, 1950-1953, Laotian Prisoners and prisons, History

People

John McCain, Floyd Thompson, Ernie Brace, Nick Rowe, POWs

Places

Hanoi Hilton, Pyoktong, Bean Camp, Pak's Palace, Alcatraz, Zoo, Plantation, Camp 5, Apex Camps

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Bean Camp to Briar Patch: life in the POW Camps of Korea and Vietnam
2011
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Table of Contents

Part I
Chapter One Korea Background
Chapter Two Death Marches and Executions
Chapter Three Temporary Camps
Bean Camp, Mining Camp, Death Valley, The Valley, Kanggye, Apex Camps, The Caves, Pak's Palace, Camp 12
Chapter Four Permanent Camps
Camp 1, Camp 2, Camp 3, Camp 4, Camp 5
Part II
Chapter Five Vietnam Background
Chapter Six South Vietnam-Conditions
Chapter Seven South Vietnam-Camps
Delta/U Minh, Parrot's Beak/Schrump Group, Tay Ninh, Camps 101-102/Tri Border, Tam Ky/Kushner Group, Laos/DMZ
Chapter Eight North Vietnam-Conditions
Chapter Nine North Vietnam-Camps
Alcatraz, Bao/Cao/Portholes, Briar Patch, Dirty Bird, Dogpatch, Faith/Dan Hoi, Farnsworth, Hanoi Hilton, Hope/Son Tay, Mountain Camp, Plantation, Rock Pile, Skid Row, Zoo
Part III
Chapter Ten Coinditions in Laos
Chapter Eleven Conditions in Cambodia
Chapter Twelve Conditions in China
Part IV
Chapter Thirteen Escapes and Attempts-Vietnam
Chapter Fourteen Successful Rescues
Chapter Fifteen American Women Held as POWs
Chapter Sixteen POW Anomalies
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Library of Congress
DS921 .K76 2011

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
214
Dimensions
Nine x Six x inches

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OL24996981M
ISBN 13
9780615427317
LCCN
2011904050

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