03091cam a2200457 i 4500 344405374 TxAuBib 20180410120000.0 170526s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016059165 9781496421562 1496421566 9781496421579 1496421574 (OCoLC)962801640 TxAuBib rda Avriett, Carole Engle. Under the cover of light : the extraordinary story of USAF COL Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's 71/2-year captivity in North Vietnam / Carole Engle Avriett. Extraordinary story of USAF COL Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's 71/2-year captivity in North Vietnam. Carol Stream, IL : Tyndale Momentum, [2017] xxi, 294 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Part 1: The mission: Combat search and rescue -- The dinner party -- Nakhon Phanom -- The secret war in Laos -- The shoot-down -- Heartbreak Hotel -- Part 2: The Prison Years: 1965-1973 -- Chain of command -- Why me, Lord? -- Briarpatch humor -- Breaking point -- Face to face -- The middle years -- Ties that bind -- A war of words -- Committed -- The Hanoi Hilton "University" -- The Fourth Allied POW Wing -- Feet wet -- Part 3: After prison -- Home at last -- A walk in Lafayette Park -- Epilogue: Ten years later -- List of prison camps and approximate dates of Jerry's imprisonment -- Map of approximate locations of prison camps. "In 1965, Col. Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent 7 1/2 years confined in a filthy 5' x 7' cell at the notorious Hanoi prison camp. Thousands of miles from home and unable to communicate with his wife and children, Jerry endured months of solitary confinement, suffocating heat, freezing cold, grueling physical and psychological torture, constant hunger, and unimaginable mental duress. And yet, time and again, the Light that darkness cannot overcome became his beacon of hope. Now, for the first time in print, Jerry shares the full story of his 2,703 days in captivity and what he learned about faith, hope, and the indomitable power of the human spirit."--Provided by publisher. 20180410. Curtis, Thomas, 1932- United States Air Force Officers Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Search and rescue operations United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations, American. Prisoners of war United States Biography. Prisoners of war Vietnam Biography. Helicopter pilots United States Biography. Helicopter pilots Vietnam Biography. Christian biography. Biographies. TXGOR