Code-Name Bright Light: the Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War
- List Price: $25.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish date: 01/08/1998
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More than two decades after the end of the Vietnam war, U.S. government efforts to account for POW/MIAs continue to divide Americans, many of whom are persistently critical of what they believe are the government's cover-ups and ineptitude in attempting to find, rescue, and account for the missing. For decades shrouded by issues of "national security", the history of U.S. POW/MIA intelligence and wartime rescue operations is only now coming to light.
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Dramatically, Code-Name Brightlight reveals for the first time the true extent of the U.S. military's extensive and risky operations designed to identify, locate, and recover its missing soldiers. Former Army Captain George Veith secured first-time interviews with intelligence and combat officers involved, and through extraordinary access to personal diaries, previously unknown records, and eyewitness accounts, he uncovers one of the most tightly held POW/MIA secrets: a clandestine communication program between the POWs and the U.S. military. This groundbreaking book is sure to cause controversy, even as it sheds welcome new light on one of the country's most divisive episodes.
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