POW Major Austin credits faith in ordeal
Air Force Maj. William R. Austin II, a POW for over five years, told a Greenville news conference that faith in God country and family sustained him through captivity in North Vietnam. He described torture as certain and recalled injuries from a crash eject. He criticized Jane Fonda's antiwar activism and said he would support aiding North Vietnam as a demonstration of U.S. resolve.
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Hanoi
POWs Describe Alcatraz Torture and Secret Messages
Captured U S Navy officer recounts Alcatraz isolation at a Hanoi camp 1967 1968 detailing cramped cells improvised covert communications with buckets and a nail wound and a later shift toward milder treatment in late 1968 including breakfast and cigarette rations and a December 8 return to Las Vegas with a senior officer signaling policy change.
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USN
Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
Alcatraz
Howie Rutledge
Harry Jenkins
Sam Johnson
Stockdale
Harry
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Las Vegas
East’s finesse stalls South’s four spades defense
In a Chicago Tribune bridge column, East defends four spades with a cunning ruff and discard plan. North holds strong suits in both, South doubles, and East eventually seizes the setting trick by trumping and cashing the ace of spades.
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