The Strength to Endure

Book excerpt: "Paul Kari was shot down in 1965 as a 29-year-old captain in the Air Force. He was captured by the Viet Cong and spent almost 8 years as a prisoner of war. The memoir recounts the triumphs and tragedies he endured as a first a farmer, then a fighter pilot, a husband and father. He emerged from prison as a Major, legally blind, due to maltreatment and malnutrition but with unfailing integrity and a still uncommon devotion to duty and country. It's a story written with clarity and minimum emotion, as he overcomes every obstacle with positivity, planning, hard work and commitment. Great insight into the minds of fighter pilots, the hearts of POWs, and the facts of the Vietnam War"--