Ben Pollard's memoir as an Air Force pilot, a Vietnam prisoner of war in Hoa Lo Prison, and his tenure at the Air Force Academy in the Department of Aeronautics.

In the beginning -- Welcome to the Air Force -- Howdy Perrin, the real AF -- Purdue and engineering surely have changed -- The AFA and Barney Marschner -- The Dean makes his mark -- We prepare for war -- My orders & our lives change forever, Ryan's Raiders' War -- Shootdown, May 15, 1967: Hao Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton), hell on earth! -- Into the system, Mel Moore saves my life -- I settle in as an "Old Guy!" -- The DI in the Winter and Spring of '67 - '68 -- Son Tay, Camp Hope: June 24, '68 -- Heartbreak Hotel in 1970 -- The big move into Cell #7, Camp Unity -- Nixon wins, peace talks end, and Linebacker II starts us home -- Going home -- 1973 and beyond -- The end -- Appendix [Appendices 1-18].