Why Vietnam POWs Refused This CIA Rescue Mission - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

In May 1972, the CIA launched Operation Thunderhead to rescue escaped American soldiers from a North Vietnamese prison. Here's why James Bond Stockdale and the other "Hanoi Hilton" POWs decided to...

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