Join Broward County Libraries Division Director Allison Grubbs in an engaging and interactive book discussion.
The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington--and Hanoi--to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and fifteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and starving in solitary confinement, in rat-infested, mosquito-laden prisons, the worst of which was The Hanoi Hilton. Months later, the first Vietnam POWs to return home would learn that their rescuers were their wives, a group of women that included Jane Denton, Sybil Stockdale, Louise Mulligan, Andrea Rander, Phyllis Galanti, and Helene Knapp. These women, who formed The National League of Families, would never have called themselves "feminists, " but they had become the POW and MIAs most fervent advocates, going to extraordinary lengths to facilitate their husbands' freedom--and to account for missing military men--by relentlessly lobbying government leaders, conducting a savvy media campaign, conducting covert meetings with antiwar activists, most astonishingly, helping to code secret letters to their imprisoned husbands."-- Provided by publisher.
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High rates of infection will necessitate cancellation of indoor, in-person programs.
In case in-person programs are cancelled, there are many online programs available at https://www.youtube.com/user/browardcountylibrary/videos
Mon, Apr 15 | 11:00AM to 7:00PM |
Tue, Apr 16 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Apr 17 | 11:00AM to 7:00PM |
Thu, Apr 18 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Apr 19 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Apr 20 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Apr 21 | Closed |