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Into The Mouth of The Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam
- The riveting account of an Air Force pilot, prisoner of war and Medal of Honor Recipient
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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He was without food, very little water, and no survival kit; nevertheless, he evaded enemy forces for 46 days while crawling through jungles eating nothing but various plants and bugs. During this entire period, Lance Sijan was only able to move by sliding on his buttocks and back along the rocky limestone ridge and later along the jungle floor.
After managing to move several thousand feet, Sijan crawled to a road along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, where he was captured by the North Vietnamese on Christmas Day, 1967.
Emaciated and in poor health, Sijan was transported to a holding compound in Vinh, North Vietnam, where he was placed in the care of two other recently captured POWs, Air Force Major Robert R. Craner and Air Force Captain Guy Gruters. Although in terrific pain from his severe wounds and brutal beatings and torture by his captors, Sijan had not disclosed any information other than what the Geneva Convention guidelines and the Military Code of Conduct allowed (name, date of birth, service, rank, and service number).
Suffering terribly from exhaustion, malnutrition, and disease, he was soon transported to Hanoi, under the attentive care of both Craner and Gruters. However, in his weakened state, he contracted pneumonia and died in Hỏa Lò Prison (better known as the "Hanoi Hilton") on January 22, 1968. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and a dormitory at his alma mater, the United States Air Force Academy, is named in his honor.
Lance became the first Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. Lance Sijan was one of 65 POWs who died in captivity, his story represents the heroism and devotion of all those who did not return from the grim prisons of Southeast Asia.
POW Medals of Honor
Seven other Southeast Asia POWs were awarded the Medal of Honor: Col. George "Bud" Day, USAF; Col. Leo Thorsness, USAF; Vice Adm. James Stockdale, USN; Col. Donald Cook, USMC (posthumous); Master Sgt. Jon Cavaiani, USA; E-3 William Port, USA; and Capt. Humbert "Rocky" Versace, USA (posthumous).
This nonfiction war story has been hailed as one of the most memorable war stories in not only Air Force History but throughout ALL military history. Into The Mouth of The Cat will be remembered as one of the most epic Vietnam War books of all time. The perseverance and dedication of Captain Sijan are moving enough to make this book a motivator for personal development, a story of the greatest sacrifice and humility, and a piece of military history that will live on through the ages.
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Mighty Men of Valor: With Charlie Company on Hill 714-Vietnam, 1970
- By: John G. Roberts
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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THE SCREAMING EAGLES IN VIETNAM 1970: the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne have been in combat against the elusive Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army for nearly seven years. In this memoir, author John G. Roberts tells the story of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, the "Widow Makers" of the 101st Divisions' 1st Brigade. Written in the often crude language of the combat infantryman, Roberts describes what it was like to confront the enemy during close combat in the triple-canopied jungles of I Corps, west of the Song Bo River. As part of Operation Texas Star, the 502nd ...
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Great first hand account
- By Kyle Stradley on 03-25-24
By: John G. Roberts
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Surprised at Being Alive
- An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond
- By: Robert F. Curtis
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the sky. Whichever way it happens, it wasn't your day.
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An Exciting Vietnam war history book it is not.
- By Peter Leo on 07-05-20
By: Robert F. Curtis
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Fifty Years in a Fox Hole
- By: Charles Kniffen
- Narrated by: David Cantor
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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"Fifty Years in a Foxhole" is an episodic account of the author's seven months in combat in Vietnam. He and his platoon were in several major engagements including the Battle of the Hills and Operation Utah. The main focus of these operations are the lives of the marines and attrition through action and "friendly fire" as they endure these pointless dangers.
By: Charles Kniffen
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Wingman at War
- By: Matt "Boz" Beals
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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WINGMAN AT WAR is a first-hand, earnest, exciting, and heartfelt journey into the cockpit and beyond of a talented young fighter pilot suddenly called into combat without prior notice or fanfare. Derived from a personal journal kept completely secret from the world until now, the author Matt "Boz" Beals, takes the reader on a flight of a lifetime as the youngest F-15C Eagle pilot flying combat in the Persian Gulf War. Raw, unencumbered, and without agenda, this brand-new mission ready wingman tells the remarkable story of deploying, flying, fighting, and winning the air war over Iraq during...
By: Matt "Boz" Beals
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Snake Driver! Cobras in Vietnam
- By: Bob Rosenburgh
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs
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Filled with action-packed eyewitness accounts of the development, fielding and Vietnam battle experiences of the U.S. Army's Cobra attack helicopter, Snake Driver! is the true story of the world's first-ever chopper built strictly for attack. It's one riveting account after another of the most powerful rotary-wing aircraft ever made as courageous pilots used its massive firepower to destroy the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army.
By: Bob Rosenburgh
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Target Hong Kong
- A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War
- By: Steven K. Bailey
- Narrated by: Matthew Hendrickson
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong. Trawling through historic records, Steven K. Bailey discovered that the story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong during the final year of World War II. Operation Gratitude involved nearly 100 U.S. Navy warships and close to a thousand planes. Target Hong Kong brings this operation down to a human scale by recounting the air raids through the experiences of seven men whose lives intersected at Hong Kong in January 1945.
By: Steven K. Bailey
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When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell
- A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam
- By: Barbara Hesselman Kautz MSN RN
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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When she was 18, she joined the army to finance her nursing education. With less than six months of nursing experience, she was assigned to the 24th Evacuation Hospital in South Vietnam. True tales of the war that are by turns horrifying and humorous, told with an eye for detail, by a woman who was in the thick of it.
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Loved this
- By N. Thomas on 02-13-20
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Welcome To Dong Tam
- By: Michael Trout
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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This is the first in a series of true stories about a young helicopter pilot’s tour of duty in Vietnam.
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- By Lynda on 03-15-24
By: Michael Trout
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- David L Buckey
- 02-19-24
Virtual voice does not work
So many small mistakes in pronunciation takes away from this heartbreaking and inspirational narrative. Still, the story stands as a reminder of courage and fortitude of the warriors in the US military.
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- Michael
- 03-27-24
Great story about a dedicated serviceman
This was a great story, I wish I had read it years ago. The Narration by Virtual Voice which is an AI program, and leaves something to be desired. It's ok to listen to, it sounds like a real person, but there are a lot of errors in the narration that a real person would not have made. It gets to be slightly annoying once it's noticed.
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