Wives of POWs Brought their Husbands Home from Vietnam

Wives of POWs Brought their Husbands Home from Vietnam

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 897 , Segment 2

Walk in My Combat Boots

Episode: Walk in My Combat Boots

  • Mar 3, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 11:23 mins

In 1967, the wives of POW/MIA soldiers in Vietnam revealed years of coded letters they had sent to their husbands, proving that their captors were violating the Geneva Convention’s rules for treating prisoners of war. The League of Wives helped change public perception of the war. Guest: Heath Hardage Lee, author of “The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home”