In May 1970, aerial photographs revealed what U.S. military intelligence believed was a POW camp near the town of Son Tay, twenty-three miles west of North Vietnam's capital city. When American officials decided the prisoners were attempting to send signals, they set in motion a daring plan to rescue the more than sixty airmen thought to be held captive.

Includes maps of: [Son Tay Prison Complex]; Assault Plan; [Son Tay Targeting Map]; Low-level Routes to Son Tay; Diversiionary Track Bravo; Diversionary Track Alpha; Diversionary Track Charlie; Air Force and Navy Tracks; Red and Black River Basin; Objective Area Radar Target Predictions; Cherry One in the Objective Area; Cherry Two in the Objective Area; Assault Aircraft at Son Tay; Son Tay POW Camp; Helicopters at Son Tay.

Raid conception -- Raid training and planning -- Preparations in Southeast Asia -- The Son Tay mission -- The Vietnamese story about the raid -- Epilogue.