Lanterna Rally

Author: U. S. Committee On National Security

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-15

Total Pages: 880

ISBN-13: 9780366901975

Excerpt from Accounting for U. S. Pow/Mia's in Southeast Asia: Hearing Before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held June 28, 1995 During the week that I was on the trail traveling north I ob served communication wires along the trail both on poles and on the ground. At every cave and billeting area that I stopped in, there was a field telephone. There is no doubt in my mind that when my guards and I arrived at our next stopping point, I was expected. A couple of times I was even called by my Vietnamese name which was Gee, prior to any conversation taking place between my captive guards and the new guards there. So they knew I was com ing up the trail before I even got to where I was stopping. Except for one day when I was taken to a Laotian village, I am certain that everyone I Observed was Vietnamese. Even in this vil lage there was no doubt who was in charge. It was the Vietnamese. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.