Out of the Prison House

<p>Out of the Prison House is the story of Kenneth Bentley a United States Marine squad leader via field promotion who is wounded in action and taken prisoner in September 1969. He survives four years of captivity in an iron cage tortured when he attempts escape.</p> <p>After he learns of the United States' surrender and believing there are no other Americans around he tries to adapt to a new life and identity when he is handled like the French pearls in the fifties who were forced to assimilate into the Viet culture.</p><p>Nestled in a secluded village in North Vietnam and struggling with dual identities is he to spend the rest of his life in that remote area or will he emerge from that isolation to rejoin family back home? And what sort of culture shock would he endure if he did come back to face the attacks of 9/11/2001?</p> <p>Out of the Prison House presents a powerful view of the P.O.W./M.I.A. issue from the perspective of the men left behind. V. D. Carroll has a keen insight into America's P.O.W. tragedy and sets forth a realistic picture of P.O.W. life. This stirring true-to-life story could belong to any one of the men abandoned in Southeast Asia. ���Eugene Red McDaniel CAPT USN (Ret.) founder of American Defense Institute and P.O.W. Vietnam for over six years.</p><p>This vibrant story brings emotional closure to the heart-wounds of those whose loved ones have not returned from Southeast Asia. ���Cindy Kuehl daughter of a P.O.W./M.I.A.</p>