Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen's "Six Years In Hell"

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Medals, Air Force
Longevity Award (for over 24 years), Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hour Glass
Device (for 20 years), Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Vietnam Cross for
Gallantry with Device, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. All these
decorations and the time spent in the military I believe more than present his
qualifications for writing this book.

This book that he was so qualified to write I must bend to say
was rather well written. The author took time to explain everything
individually and even those things that seem quite trivial were given careful
explanation. If there was something that the author felt was not apparent or
was not to be taken at face value he footnoted it at the bottom of the page.
These footnotes were especially helpful for those of us readers who may not be
that "militarily inclined." I particularly enjoyed the story of Roscoe the
base's mascot which was probably one of the longest examples of footnoting
throughout the book.

The ...

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by some locals and beaten and battered. After his immediate reception,
he was taken by some people he describes as, "Quasi-Military Men" and put in a
hut. He was often tortured and after a refusal to say anything more than his
Name, Rank, and Serial Number he tortured again and when it became apparent that
he was not going to say any more they took him on a long journey to Hanoi where
he would stay at the "Hanoi Hilton" which was an old French prison. The "V"
(Viet Cong) referred to it as Hoa Loa meaning "Hell Hole." He was later moved
from Hoa Loa and into a place called the ZOO, a more comfortable and welcoming
camp than the last, and was taken through many more moves after that. ...

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