Ernest C. Brace

Ernest C. Brace

Ernest C. Brace was the longest-held civilian prisoner of war (POW) in Vietnam.

Brace, a former Marine Corps pilot who had flown more than 100 combat missions in Korea, had been accused of deserting the scene of an aircraft accident and was court-martialed and received a dishonorable discharge.

Brace then worked as a civilian pilot and flew for a CIA-backed airline, on May 21st, 1965 he was shot down over Laos, captured he spent 3½ years in a bamboo cage with his feet in stocks and his neck in an iron collar then he was sent to a POW camp on the outskirts of Hanoi nicknamed "the Plantation" where he met with John McCain.

He was released on March 28th, 1973, spending 7 years and 7 months in captivity, making him the longest-held civilian POW in Vietnam.

ee also

*Floyd James Thompson, the longest held POW in United States history, spending nearly nine years in captivity in Vietnam.
*Everett Alvarez Jr. the second longest-held POW in United States history, spending 8.5 years in captivity in Vietnam.

References

*cite book | last=Brace | first=Ernest C. | title=A Code to Keep: The true story of America's longest held civilian prisoner of war in Vietnam | publisher=St. Martin's Press | location=New York | year=1988 | isbn=0709035608

External links

* [http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/b/b603.htm Bio at pownetwork.org]
* [http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter3.html Prisoner of war]


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