A Code to Keep: Prisoner in Vietnam

Ernest C. Brace

ISBN 10: 0709035608 / ISBN 13: 9780709035602

Published by Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1988

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8vo pp264 bw plates G/G- Personal account of former USMC aviator flying for a CIA company in Laos, captured and held in Hanoi.Ex library withdrawn stamped, with front endpaper removed.

Seller Inventory # 2001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Code to Keep: Prisoner in Vietnam
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0709035608
• ISBN 13: 9780709035602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This is the true story of a man's lonely triumph over adversity. Ernest C. Brace was a decorated Marine pilot, the first to fly one hundred missions in the Korean War. A little more than five years later, however, a fateful accident and a hastily made decision stripped him of his rank, and he was dishonorably discharged from the Marines. Vowing to regain his lost honor, he flew secret supply missions to Laos as part of a C.I.A. operation during the Vietnam War. Captured in a surprise attack by the Pathet Lao, Brace was imprisoned and brought to an isolated outpost in North Vietnam, where he was confined in a bamboo cage, his head, hands, and feet bound. Though a civilian, he made it a point to live by the Military Code of Conduct: he resisted the enemy whenever he could, and attempted escape three times. But each run for freedom only led to crueler torments upon capture. In this extraordinary memoir of courage, sacrifice, and the will to survive, Ernie Brace recounts his experiences in a way that is stirring, inspiring, and memorable. A CODE TO KEEP is destined to stand out as one of the key documents of America's involvement in Vietnam