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Spite House : the last secret of the war in Vietnam
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Spite House : the last secret of the war in Vietnam

by Monika Jensen-Stevenson

This account examines the fourteen-year imprisonment of U.S. Marine Robert Garwood in Vietnam and his 1979 return to face charges of collaboration. It chronicles his survival and the testimony that challenged the military's initial findings.

Accession 20451 ISBN 0393040410 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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