"Were American service men still being held as prisoners of war in Vietnam and Laos? First Heroes untangles an intricate web of information and concludes that POWs were still held captive long after the war had ended. Reports of Americans in jungle prisons, cases of missing men, Vietnamese motives--these are all parts of the puzzle pieced together by the author. And First Heroes answers other questions: Were some of these men deserters? Why didn't any escape?"--