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Title: Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam by James S. Hirsch ISBN: 0-618-27348-4 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Son of a Great American
Comment: I am Col. Fred V. Cherry's son and a friend of Porter Halyburton. This book, which I was also interviewed for, is better than I ever dreamed at recanting the experiences of these two great American soldiers. Reading this book is a walk down memory lane for me and it sometimes brings back bad memories. However, James Hirsh has done a wonderful job in sharing these soldiers experience and friendship with one another. I think that anyone who takes the time to really find out what prison life was like in Vietnam will find themselves compelled to encourage their friends and family to read this book. During the time my father was a POW, our family went through the ordeal as though we were also in a prison camp. My siblings remained relatively close, however, my relationship with my mother changed drastically, due to the love I always had for my father. Upon his return, relationships between our family members were stretched even further, with the children choosing parents to side with. In the past few years, 33 have passed since Dad's return, our family has begun to heal. Hopefully, these wounds will enable us to go on and remember what devasting effects a war can have on any family.
Rating: 4
Summary: Worthwhile Read
Comment: I finished this book in a day -- the style was readable and the story was well told. In short order you meet these two men, Fred Cherry and Porter Halyburton, one black, one white, learning about their respective personal histories and then how their POW experiences developed into a friendship. Though their time together in captivity is relatively short in relation to their total time as POWs, the impact each had on the other makes for a memorable story. The book relates their strength of character as they endured years of torture and suffering at the hands of the Vietnamese and how they never lost hope of being reunited with their families.
I found Fred Cherry's story especially compelling and poignant. Here he is, a pioneering air force pilot and the first black officer captured by the North Vietnamese, suffering great physical harm and enduring with fortitude and courage only to return home to a wife who prefers to think of him as dead because she likes his military pay and an estrangement from two of his four children. After learning about Fred Cherry it's no wonder his picture is hanging at the Pentagon -- it should!
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Title: The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon Era Strategy by Jeffrey Kimball ISBN: 0700612831 Publisher: University Press of Kansas Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life by Tim Russert ISBN: 1401352081 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 10 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton ISBN: 0385337132 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Fourth Queen by Debbie Taylor ISBN: 1400049253 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter by James S. Hirsch, James Hirsch ISBN: 0618087281 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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