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History Bookshelf: Everett Alvarez, Jr. & Taylor Baldwin Kiland

U.S. POWs & North Vietnamese Officers (1973)

Washington, DC
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Everett Alvarez Jr. was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.  He co-authored "Chained Eagle: The Heroic Story of the First American Shot Down over North Vietnam," which recounts his treatment by his North Vietnamese captors.  Joining Alvarez at this event is Taylor Baldwin Kiland, co-author of "Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later," which tells the story of the current lives of 30 former Vietnam POWs, including Mr. Alvarez.

Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:44am (ET)