In 1965, Colonel Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent seven and one-half years confined in a filthy five-by-seven-foot cell at the notorious Hanoi prison camp. Thousands of miles from home and unable to communicate with his wife and children, Jerry endured months of solitary confinement, suffocating heat, freezing cold, grueling physical and psychological torture, constant hunger, and unimaginable mental duress. And yet, time and again, the light that darkness cannot overcome became his beacon of hope.
Now, for the first time in print, Jerry shares the full story of his 2,703 days in captivity and what he learned about faith, hope, and the indomitable power of the human spirit.
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Carole Engle Avriett is a former editor for Southern Living magazine. She is the author of Threads from Heaven and The House and has coauthored several books, including Under the Cover of Light: The Extraordinary Story of USAF Col. Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’ 7½-Year Captivity in North Vietnam.
Jonathan Yen is a commercial voice-over artist and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. He was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and while the gold was gone by the time he got there, he has carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie’s true adventures in the Amazon, he loves to tell a good story.