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250 pages
ISBN: 1-59403-236-X
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“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. Leo Thorsness, my friend and fellow alumnus of the Hanoi Hilton, shows why the North Vietnamese may have had our bodies but never controlled our soul.”
- Sen. John McCain
“Our nation’s Medal of Honor recipients are the ultimate living heroes among us. Among them, as members of this elite but modest fraternity, they have their own heroes…and Leo Thorsness is one of them. Leo’s story is gripping and harrowing, but he never tries to scare us with it. He was taken to the edge of human existence, and somehow managed to emerge on the other side, intellect and dignity intact.
His story is for all those who think they’ve had a bad day — those who think life’s challenges are somehow unbearable. What happened to Leo Thorsness is too much for any human to bear. But Leo Thorsness survived and thrived — the ultimate revenge over his captors.
Leo’s captors couldn’t possibly know that while he was imprisoned, he was actually armed: with the power of patriotism, a keen intellect, unbreakable mental discipline, and the love of family. Leo Thorsness emerged from the ugly darkness of his brutal confinement in
– Brian Williams
Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
Director, Medal of Honor Foundation Board
