Good Morning Vietnam with Col. Lee Ellis

Today, the Two Mikes spoke with Colonel Lee Ellis (ret'd),
who was a combat pilot in Vietnam, was shot down, and spent 5.5
years in captivity in North Vietnam, several of them in the Hanoi
Hilton.
Col Ellis has written a book called "Captured by Love" which
is a compilation of memoir-likes essays -- including his own -
about the experiences of himself and his fellow prisoners and how
their lives turned out after they returned to the United
States.

The men and situations focus on the return of the last group of
POWs to be returned from Vietnam over the course of several months
in the spring of 1973, a group that numbered about 400 men --
almost entirely pilots and air-crew -- who had been prisoners from
5 to 8 years, with an average of 5.5 years.

Colonel Ellis presents the personal stories of 20 of those men and
their families drawn from their own words and recollections. Some
of the POWs got home and were divorced by their wives. Most of
these men remarried and the others remained married. The average
age of the men and their families whose stories are told is now 85
years, and so reflect family-life experiences of c. 60 years.

The stories show how successful these 20 men and their wives and
families have been during those years, and that the returning men
have largely subdued their residual bitterness’s from prolonged
captivity and torture and that they and their families have shown
extraordinary resilience, an exemplary capacity for love,
companionship, and an acknowledgement of the interdependence of
families.

Colonel Ellis has written a really extraordinary book about
genuinely extraordinary men, women, and children. He also was an
unusual vehicle for driving home the human power for survival and
revival found in these stories by including concise "lessons
learned" sections at the conclusion of each story.

Colonel Ellis's book is both a terrific, heartwarming read, an
education into the positive possibilities of human nature, and a
treasure to own for both re-reading and for future
generations.

Colonel Ellis's book is available at Amazon at:
https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Love-Inspiring-Romance-Stories/dp/1733632239/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LB0CHWYF6NGA&keywords=colonel+lee+ellis&qid=1704385738&s=books&sprefix=colonel+lee+ellis%2Cstripbooks%2C92&sr=1-1



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