{"product_id":"until-they-are-home-thomas-ty-smith-9781603442329","title":"Until They Are Home: Bringing Back the MIAs from Vietnam, a Personal Memoir Volume 133","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Our mission continues . . . Until They Are Home!\"--Motto of the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At the end of the Vietnam War--or American War, as it is called in Hanoi--2,585 Americans were unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. In 1992, a joint task force was established to continue the work of recovery, and its members became the first U.S. government representatives to return full-time to Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmy Lt. Col. Thomas (\"Ty\") Smith arrived in Hanoi a decade later, in 2003. \u003ci\u003eUntil They Are Home\u003c\/i\u003e is both a heartfelt memoir and a fascinating inside look at his tour of duty in Vietnam, \"a place of shadows within shadows, secrets within secrets.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmith takes the reader on an extraordinary personal voyage from the shaded French boulevards of Hanoi to the remotest jungle trails of the border highlands. Written with a keen eye and touches of humor, \u003ci\u003eUntil They Are Home \u003c\/i\u003erecounts life in the very heart of the mission to find and return to the families the remains of their loved ones. It offers equal parts historical context, political insight, social commentary, travelogue, and adventure chronicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom describing everything from his diplomatic negotations between the Vietnamese and American governments to presenting his view of commanding a remarkably complex mission in an unforgiving environment, Smith draws on memory, e-mails, letters, and journal entries to recreate the story of his mission in Vietnam. Smith and the forces serving under him found the remains of fourteen lost American servicemen--including two graduates of Texas A\u0026amp;M University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping, intensely personal narrative of \u003ci\u003eUntil They Are Home \u003c\/i\u003ewill fascinate general readers interested in the Vietnam War and its aftermath and will prove helpful to historians seeking primary information. It will also have great appeal to those with continuing involvement in POW\/MIA issues and concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Ty Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603442324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603442329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Thomas Ty Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097006219519,"sku":"9781603442329","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/until-they-are-home-thomas-ty-smith-9781603442329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}