Why Didn't You Get Me Out?: Betrayal in the Viet Cong Death Camps : The Truth About Heroes, Traitors, and Those Left Behind

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Summary: Heart Rendering Account of Intrepid Survival & Betrayal
Review: This book is quite different from what folks might come to expect from a "war" book. This story brings the raw truth of the personal account of being a soldier and captured. I agree with another reviewer that this account is completely different in that it is about an Army pilot being imprisoned in South Vietnam before being sent up the Ho Chi Minh trail to the North. The years of endurance and emotional drain are hard to even imagine. And then, in the end, find out that your military knew of your locations and only took your picture! Hanoi Jane could do no worse. I served with a sister unit of the 71st in the 178th Boxcars at Chu Lai and was in country when Frank was captured(though we didn't know it that time}. I was getting ready to go home in just a few weeks - Frank's tour got extended by 5 years. Sorry Frank, if we knew where you were it would have been different or we would have been dead. I have the highest respect for this story, the truth, Frank and all the POWs who served their country but the "higher ups" could have done alot more to help but choose only to "observe" instead of have the guts the POWs did. Read this book and put yourself in Frank's shoes and you would ask the same question he did - AND he's right!

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Summary: Superb book. Puts you as close as you can be w/o being there
Review: This book zeroes in on the betrayal of American prisoners of war by the United States government and traitors who chose to crossover and work for the enemy, the North Vietnamese. Anyone doubting the guilt of Bobby Garwood will have second thoughts when reading this book. I salute Frank Anton whose courage and patriotism gave him the strength to survive.

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Summary: Simply one of the best
Review: This is a powerful book that gets to the heart of what it was like to have been a POW in the jungles of South Vietnam. Anton's account is a remarkable account; a gut-wrenching story that will take you to the edge on a very real nightmare, teach you something about perseverence, and give you hope. It is a story that must be included in any war books you have on your shelves. I urge you to buy this book.