Surviving Hell: A Pow'S Journey,New Mauri Kunnas As He Joined Forces With

As He Joined Forces With Fellow Immigrant Madeleine Albright On The Partnership For Peace Initiative And Nato Enlargement Program In The 1990S

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He Spends His Nights Winning Money In A Floating Fight Ring

Because He Is Not An Ordinary Teenager

After Fifteen Years

Surviving Hell: A Pow'S Journey,New Mauri Kunnas As He Joined Forces WithThorsness Joined The U. S. Air Force In 1951 At Age 18 And Became A Jet Pilot During The Vietnam War. During An 1967 Mission He Was Shot Down Over North Vietnam. Injured And Captured, He Spent Six Years In The Hanoi Hilton. When The War Ended In 1973, Thorsness Was Awarded The Congressional Medal Of Honor. Surviving Hell Is A Harrowing Story Of Captivity, As Told By The Man Who Lived It.