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Interview with Everett Alvarez, 1981 / by Richard Ellison and Everett Alvarez, Jr.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Vietnam : a television history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alvarez, Everett, 1937---Interviews.
- Alvarez, Everett.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : WGBH Boston Video, 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Everett Alvarez Jr.'s plane was shot down during Operation Pierce Arrow, America's 1964 response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for a eight and a half years. Here Alvarez describes being shot down, captured, and eventually transported to the "œHanoi Hilton" where he endured isolation and torture. He describes incidents during his captivity and how it affected his personal life. Finally, he discusses his feelings about anti-Vietnam war protests in the United States, about the end of the war, and his experience as a POW.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012).
- OCLC:
- 827297708
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