KOREA Helicopter rescue mission pilot is captured POW "BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE"

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Book Title: Believed to Be Alive

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Item Length: 9in.

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Intended Audience: Adults

Modified Item: No

Subject: History

Vintage: No

Publication Year: 2012

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Era: 1950s

Item Height: 0.6in.

Author: John w. Thornton, John w. Thornton Jr.

Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat

Topic: Combat, Helicopters, Korean War, Memoir, Military History, Navy, True Military Stories, Military / Korean War, POW

Subjects: History & Military

Item Width: 6in.

Item Weight: 14.1 Oz

Number of Pages: 288 Pages