Obtain the book: "Journey Into Darkness", by (LTC) Philip E. Smith & Peggy Herz; published in 1992. ISBN 067-1728-237. While on a combat mission near North Vietnam, LTC Smith's F-104 STARFIGHTER was shot down in aerial combat by a Red Chinese MIG-19 (J-6 version) after straying too close to their border. This book might answer some of your questions.
I am looking to contact a family member of a POW in Vietnam? I have this person's POW bracelet and would like to get it to them. Diana dianaelliott1955@yahoo.com
Some may, but being a former Vietnam POW does not automatically mean that one has a shorter, or longer, than normal life expectancy.
Officially, US forces didn't torture enemy personnel; enemy POW's were turned over the South Viet Government. For an account of enemy treatment of US POW's (primarily US Airmen) see: Vietnam POW's.
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