Chained Eagle by Everett Alvarez Jr

Chained Eagle by Everett Alvarez Jr

On August 5, 1964, while Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez was flying a retaliatory air strike against naval targets in North Vietnam, antiaircraft fire crippled his A-4 fighter-bomber, forcing him to eject over water at low altitude.

"Needs to be read by all who desire to understand the stuff of which heroes are made" - Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN (Ret.); "He made better decisions while pinned down flat in his dingy cells in Hanoi than the highly placed Washington officials of those years made in their padded swivel chairs." - Vice Adm. James Stockdale, USN (Ret.), former POW; "More so than many other books on the subject, this book gives the reader a sense of what it means to be imprisoned for a long time." - National Review

Everett Alvarez, Jr., is president of Conwal, Inc., a defense-related firm. A recipient of the Silver Star, he retired from the Navy in 1980. Since his release in 1973, he has earned a law degree and was deputy director of the Peace Corps and deputy administrator of the Veterans Administration. Alvarez was featured in The Vietnam War series on PBS by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In 2024 Alvarez was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal and in 2025 the seventh Constellation-class frigate will be named the USS Everett Alvarez in his honor. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Anthony S. Pitch is a former writer in the books division of U.S. News and World Report. He is the author of several books, including The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.

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ISBN 13	9781574885583
ISBN 10	1574885588
Titel	Chained Eagle
Autor	Anthony S Pitch
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Potomac Books Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-05-31
Seitenanzahl	320
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