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Were American POWs knowingly left behind
in Vietnam? YES
Did any of these POWs get out of Vietnam
alive? YES
Do you need to hear his incredible story?
YES
Spite House
The Last Secret of the War in
Vietnam
by Monika Jensen-Stevenson
Two U.S.
marines, both totally loyal to the same beliefs: one is turned into a hunter,
and the other into prey. Such a distortion of patriotism would not be credible
unless buttressed by hard facts and by the testimony of both men.
In 1965, Marine private Robert Garwood,
ten days short of the end of his tour, was sent on a mission from which he
did not return. Ambushed by the Vietcong, he was held prisoner for fourteen
years. In 1979 he escaped and returned to the United States, where he was
hastily court-martialed and convicted of collaborating with the
enemy.
Now at last we learn Garwood's true
story: a harrowing, profoundly moving, fourteen year struggle to survive
and prevail, not only over a cruel and manipulative enemy, but over his own
country's secret efforts to kill him.
Part of Colonel Tom McKenney's job
in Vietnam was organizing killer teams to eliminate such "traitors," and
Garwood became an obsession to him. Only twenty-five years later did he come
to the conclusion that Garwood was innocent and, more than that, a hero.
Thanks to McKenney's courageous testimony, and to the author's fearless pursuit
of facts, an injustice is at last set right and the workings of a dreadful
secret machinery are laid bare.
from the book jacket
Tom McKenney Audio Clip (Real Audio Player
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Robert Garwood Defense Fund
P.O. Box 44
Preston, Kentucky 40366
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