Prisoner of Wars : A Hmong Fighter Pilot's Story of Escaping Death and Confronting Life / Chia Youyee Vang and Pao Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vang, Chia Youyee, 1971- author.

Yang, Pao, approximately 1948- author.

Series:

Asian American history and culture.

Asian American History and Cultu Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air pilots, Military--Laos--Biography.

Air pilots, Military.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Hmong (Asian people).

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Prisoners of war--Laos.

Prisoners of war.

Hmong American families.

Hmong (Asian people)--United States.

Hmong (Asian people).

Yang, Pao, approximately 1948-.

Yang, Pao.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"An oral history biography of Pao Yang, one of several dozen Hmong fighter pilots secretly trained by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Recounts his capture, escape, and migration to the United States and challenges dominant paradigms of Asian American history and Southeast Asian refugees"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "No One Returned for Me"

2. Early Life and the Quest for Knowledge

3. To Fly the Iron Eagle

4. Love and War

5. No Room for Mistakes

6. Prisoner of War

7. Precarious Freedom

8. Return from the Dead

9. A Second Chance

10. "I Lived to Tell My Story"

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439919408

1439919402

OCLC:

1154865206