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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1973
Page
13
Former POWs U S Navy Capt Jeremiah Denton of Virginia Beach and Lt George Coker of New York review Denton drawing of the Alcatraz prison in Hanoi where they were isolated and tortured in 1968 69.
Former prisoners of war describe coping under brutal captivity in North Vietnam and express puzzlement and anger at the U.S. antiwar movement that surged at home during their imprisonment. They recount discipline, resilience, and communications methods used to survive, and recall captors labeling them as criminals after a 1965 capture.
Police and fire crews conducted an intensive bomb search at a downtown building around 2:45 p m after reports of a hidden device. Lt Col George McKnight described POW torture accounts while others noted limited evidence of any bomb. Capt Kenneth Fraser and Michael Burns discussed prisoner experiences and coping through humor amid solitary confinement and abuse.
In a Wilford Hall conference officers recount POW hardships in North Vietnam. Capt. William A Spencer and Capt. Timothy Ayers describe attempts at coercion by captors and releases about tape recordings. Stischer recalls pressure to cooperate and threats of charges by Nixon.
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