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Naval Institute Press

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© 2016 by William Reeder Jr.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Reeder, William, Jr., author.

Title: Through the valley : my captivity in Vietnam / by William Reeder Jr.

Other titles: My captivity in Vietnam

Description: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015044277| ISBN 978-1-68247-059-6

Subjects: LCSH: Reeder, William, Jr. | Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese. | Prisoners of war—United States—Biography. | Prisoners of war—Vietnam—Biography. | United States. Army. Aerial Weapons Company, 361st—Biography. | Helicopter pilots—United States—Biography. | Helicopter pilots—Vietnam—Biography. | United States. Army—Officers—Biography. | Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Aerial operations, American. | Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Personal narratives, American.

Classification: LCC DS559.4 .R44 2016 | DDC 959.704/37—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044277

Print editions meet the requirements of ANSI/NISO z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper).

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Author Disclaimer: I have written this book more than forty years after my experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. I wrote it because so many encouraged me for so long, and in the end because once I started, I was driven to get the story told. After all these years, many of my memories remain crystal clear. Others have been dulled by the passage of time. At every turn, I endeavored to confirm my recollections by conducting research and checking facts with other participants whenever possible. Even so, there are surely some errors that remain. For those I apologize and can only promise that I will accept all criticism in the spirit of correcting those mistakes in any future editions of this book that might be published.