Foreword xi
Senator John McCain
Author's Note xv
Vietnam Map xvii
Introduction xix
Part I PRISONER
1(12)
1 Dying
3(2)
2 The Pit
5(3)
3 Key West
8(5)
Part II AMERICA'S SON, 1933--1963
13(44)
4 Bergenfield
15(6)
5 Alyce
21(5)
6 Marriage
26(5)
7 The Army
31(9)
8 Special Forces
40(6)
9 Orders
46(6)
10 Gone Again
52(5)
Part III WAR AND DREAMS, 1964--1973
57(182)
11 In-Country
59(4)
12 Camp Khe Sanh
63(10)
13 Patrols
73(7)
14 Friendly Fire
80(8)
15 Final Letters
88(5)
16 Capture
93(3)
17 Missing
96(14)
18 Confinement
110(6)
19 Harold
116(14)
20 Massachusetts
130(5)
21 A New Life
135(5)
22 Settling In
140(5)
23 North Vietnam
145(6)
24 Christmas '67
151(4)
25 Bao Cao
155(10)
26 Camp K-77
165(5)
27 Roommates
170(16)
28 Shaping Up
186(9)
29 Rockpile
195(4)
30 Escape
199(12)
31 Peace Talks
211(10)
32 No Bracelet
221(5)
33 Going Home
226(13)
Part IV THE WAR COMES HOME, 1973--1980
239(134)
34 The First Lie
241(9)
35 Reunion
250(8)
36 The Children
258(9)
37 Pulling Up Roots
267(10)
38 Power of Faith
277(12)
39 The White House
289(6)
40 Hurting Time
295(8)
41 Wild Streak
303(7)
42 Dreamhouse
310(5)
43 Broken-Hearted
315(5)
44 Divorced
320(6)
45 New Partners
326(7)
46 Tennessee
333(6)
47 Simple Negligence
339(8)
48 Place in the Sun
347(9)
49 Bridge Players
356(8)
50 Turnaround
364(9)
Part V NO REPRIEVE, 1981--1992
373(56)
51 Captive Once More
375(6)
52 Rehabilitation
381(6)
53 Disappeared
387(3)
54 Separate Moves
390(11)
55 Murder Suspect
401(6)
56 A Tennessee Trial
407(9)
57 The Sentence
416(5)
58 Survivor
421(8)
Epilogue 429(2)
Postscipt: Ten Years On 431(6)
Acknowledgments 437(4)
Biographical Sketches 441(8)
Illustration Credits 449(2)
Index 451