More then 7,000 Americans were captured during the Korean War. In North Korean prison camps, nearly 40 percent of them died - murdered, frozen, or starved. Through compelling personal interviews, this book tells the stories of sixteen who survived.

Includes index.

Private First Class Donald M. Elliott : Mining And Bean Camp, Camp One -- Staff Sergeant Thomas B. Galets : Camp One -- Corporal Daniel L. Johnson, Sr. : Camp One -- Sergeant Walter G. Adelmann : Camp One -- 1st Lieutenant William H. Funchess : Death Valley, Camp Two, And Camp Five -- Captain Henry Humphreys Osborne : Camp Two And Camp Three -- Corporal Billy Inn Gaddy : Camp Three -- Sergeant Eugene L. Inman : Death Valley, Camp Four, And Camp Five -- Private Paul H. Smith : Camp Four And Camp Five -- Sergeant Donald L. Slagle : Camp Five -- Corporal Eduardo DeAnda : Camp Five -- Private First Class Abel Garcia -- Camp Three And Camp Five -- Sergeant Kenneth F. Nevill : Camp 6 -- Corporal Buford J. McNamara : Mining Camp, Camps One, Three, Four, Five, And Nine -- Private First Class Charles E. Quiring : Camp Kangdong -- Sergeant Wilfred Ruff : The Caves -- Appendices. Temporary prison camps -- Prisoner of war camps in North Korea -- The code of conduct.