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New York Encounter Books 2008 First Edition [stated] Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket Illustrations (some in color). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Leo Keith Thorsness (February 14, 1932-May 2, 2017) was a Colonel in the United States Air Force who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for an air engagement on April 19, 1967. He was shot down two weeks later and spent six years in captivity in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. The Medal of Honor action included: "As their F-105 circled the parachutes of Kingfish 02-Alpha and 02-Bravo, relaying the position to Crown, the airborne search and rescue HC-130 command aircraft, Johnson spotted a MiG-17 off their right wing. Though not designed for air-to-air combat, their aircraft responded well as Thorsness attacked the MiG and destroyed it with 20-mm cannon fire, just as a second MiG closed on his tail. Low on fuel, Thorsness outran his pursuers and left the battle area to rendezvous with a KC-135 tanker over Laos." He returned to the battle with good effect. Surviving Hell recounts a six-year captivity marked by hours of brutal torture and days of agonizing boredom. Thorsness describes how he and other American POWs strove to keep their humanity. Thrown into solitary confinement for refusing to bow down to his captors, for instance, he disciplined his mind by memorizing long passages of poetry that other prisoners sent him by tap code. Surviving ...

ISBN10: 159403236X, ISBN13: 9781594032363, [publisher: Encounter Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition illustrations (some in color). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Leo Keith Thorsness (February 14, 1932 - May 2, 2017) was a Colonel in the United States Air Force who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for an air engagement on April 19, 1967. He was shot down two weeks later and spent six years in captivity in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. The Medal of Honor action included: "As their F-105 circled the parachutes of Kingfish 02-Alpha and 02-Bravo, relaying the position to Crown, the airborne search and rescue HC-130 command aircraft, Johnson spotted a MiG-17 off their right wing. Though not designed for air-to-air combat, their aircraft responded well as Thorsness attacked the MiG and destroyed it with 20-mm cannon fire, just as a second MiG closed on his tail. Low on fuel, Thorsness outran his pursuers and left the battle area to rendezvous with a KC-135 tanker over Laos." He returned to the battle with good effect. Surviving Hell recounts a six-year captivity marked by hours of brutal torture and days of agonizing boredom. Thorsness describes how he and other American POWs strove to keep their humanity. Thrown into solitary confinement for refusing to bow down to his captors, for instance, he disciplined his mind by memorizing long passages of poetry that other prisoners ...

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ISBN10: 159403236X, ISBN13: 9781594032363, [publisher: Encounter Books, New York New York] Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR: 4-10-09 Thanks for Your Service - Leo Thorsness. As new Stated First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8-page photo section. Commendation by John McCain: "This book is both an authentic look at the POW experience and also an often amusing account of one man's way of coping with a brutal captivity." Six year captivity in Vietnam prison camp.
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Encounter Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. 159403236X . Inscribed by author on FFEP; book has light toning to endpapers, bottom corners of covers lightly bumped; DJ has shelfwear, some wrinkling to corners, light crease along top edge; b/w photos ; 132 pages; Signed by Author . 2008. Encounter Books ISBN 159403236X 9781594032363 [US]

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New York, NY: Encounter Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Date: 2008. First Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 132 pages; Stated First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows wear of usage. Book Tight. Text is clean no markings. Black & White Photographs. . 2008. Encounter Books ISBN 159403236X 9781594032363 [US]

Encounter Books: 2008 Hard Cover Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 132 pages, illustrated in b&w. "No other book about American POWs has described so well the strategies these remarkable men used in their daily effort to maintain heir humanity. By refusing to be stripped of their basic dignity, POWs continued to wage war against the enemy even during the darkest moments of their long captivity." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET, inscribed y the author.

ISBN10: 159403236X, ISBN13: 9781594032363, [publisher: Encounter Books:] Hardcover 132 pages, illustrated in b&w. "No other book about American POWs has described so well the strategies these remarkable men used in their daily effort to maintain heir humanity. By refusing to be stripped of their basic dignity, POWs continued to wage war against the enemy even during the darkest moments of their long captivity." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET, inscribed y the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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New York, NY Encounter Books 2009 First edition. first edition, first printing Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color.

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