Under the Cover of Light, Carole Engle Avriett
Under the Cover of Light, Carole Engle Avriett
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Under the Cover of Light
The Extraordinary Story of USAF COL Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's 7 1/2 -Year Captivity in North Vietnam

Author: Carole Engle Avriett

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/02/2017

Synopsis

In 1965, Col. Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent 7 and a half years confined in a filthy 5' x 7' 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, 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.

About Carole Engle Avriett

Carole Engle Avriett is a former writer/editor for Southern Living Magazine. In addition to leading women's conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil, where she and her husband serve as missionaries during the summer months, Carole has also authored two bible studies. She currently resides in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mazzou

This is the amazing autobiography of a colonel shot down down over North Vietnam in 1965. Colonel Thomas ''Jerry'' Curtis' life was changed as he endured the next 7 1/2 years in brutal captivity. That alone should be enough to make anybody want to read this biography, right? Add to it the fact that......more

Goodreads review by Yibbie

Hopeful. That wasn’t what I expected from this story, but that is the overwhelming lasting impression of it. Colonel Thomas ''Jerry'' Curtis’s faith permeates every point of the story. He wants us to understand the love and goodness of his God so as he tells us of his own fears, doubts, and despair......more

Goodreads review by Molly

Under The Cover of Light was a difficult book for me to read. I mean, Vietnam was my war. Guys from my graduating class of 1969 were signing-up for military service before they finished their senior year! And yes, I will never forget the funerals that took place in our little town. Vietnam War POW Viet......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

I read a fair amount of nonfiction books, my favorite genres being anthropology, history and military. I haven't read much about Vietnam in the past so I was very excited when I received this book from the publisher. This book is the story of Col Thomas "Jerry" Curtis was was shot down over North Vi......more

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