Description |
1 online resource (video file (44 min.)) : sound, color |
Series |
American history in video |
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Vietnam : a television history |
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American history in video
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Summary |
Everett Alvarez Jr.'s plane was shot down during Operation Pierce Arrow, America's 1964 response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for a eight and a half years. Here Alvarez describes being shot down, captured, and eventually transported to the "Hanoi Hilton" where he endured isolation and torture. He describes incidents during his captivity and how it affected his personal life. Finally, he discusses his feelings about anti-Vietnam war protests in the United States, about the end of the war, and his experience as a POW |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012) |
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This edition in English |
Subject |
Alvarez, Everett, 1937- -- Interviews
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SUBJECT |
Alvarez, Everett, 1937- fast (OCoLC)fst00103963 |
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interviews.
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Interviews.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Interviews.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Interviews.
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Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Alvarez, Everett, 1937- interviewee (expression), speaker.
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Ellison, Richard, producer
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