Operation Thunderhead (40 page)

war against North Vietnam, not declared by U.S.

Virginia Aviation Museum (Richmond)

 

war crimes

War to End All Wars (World War I) water, need for

Dramesi's first experiences

Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison)

Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)

WESTPAC (Naval Special Warfare Western Pacific Detachment)

Wheeler, W. B. (Navy SEAL) and

White Beach (Okinawa)

Wild Weasel (F-105F)

Wilson, Glenn “Red” (POW)

windblast and punching out

wing commander's name revealed to North Vietnamese

wintergreen saved by Dramesi

Wirz, Henry (Captain)

World War I (Great War, War to End All Wars)

World War II

Dramesi's youth and

POWs

punching out (ejection)

wounded, fear of being

wounds of Dramesi

wrist shackles torture

writing demands by North Vietnamese

 

Yankee Station

Yen Phu Prison.
See
Dirty Bird

Yokosuka Naval Shipyard (Japan)

 

Z-birds (inflatable rubber boats)

zeppelins (balloons) as military aircraft

Zoo Annex Prison

Al Meyer (POW) and

camouflaged nets made by Atterberry and Dramesi

Caucasian moving unnoticed through Asian population

cell doors

disguises for Atterberry and Dramesi

Edwin Lee Atterberry (POW ) and

electric fence at

escape by Atterberry and Dramesi

escape (“The Party”) planning

food (starvation diet)

interrogation sessions

iodine pills for darkening skin

Konrad W. Trautman (POW)

“Lake Fester,” 154

map of compound

medical care

morale boosters

opposition to escape by POWs

“outside assistance” order by Reisner

peanuts as escape food

recapture of Atterberry and Dramesi

retaliation from attempted escape

Robinson “Robbie” Reisner (POW ) and

roof (ceiling) escape

Room #6

rope torture

senior ranking officers (SROs)

torture at

Zoo (Cu Loc Prison)

air raids

Al Meyer (POW) and

“bad treatment” camp

bamboo club torture

bowing demands

communication nets

“criminal” accusations

dau
(“pain”)

Edwin Lee Atterberry (POW) and

electric shock torture

escape interrogation of Dramesi

fan belt torture

“Fidel” (torturer)

food (starvation diet)

George T. Coker (POW) and

Golden Key of Dramesi

heat misery at

Ho Chi Minh room

interrogation sessions

John Dramesi (POW) and

lying by Dramesi

morale boosters

personal hygiene

raised arms torture

resolve of Dramesi

rope torture

senior ranking officer (SRO)

sleep/sleep deprivation

torture at

water, need for

writing demands

Kevin Dockery
has been the armorer in the President's Guard under presidents Nixon and Ford, as well as a radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a “corporate mercenary.” As a noted military historian, he has written a number of books detailing the history of the Navy SEALs and the lives of the men who lived that history, including
The Weapons of the Navy SEALs.
He has also written a number of firearms reference books. Currently living in southeastern Michigan, Mr. Dockery follows his hobbies of raising Rottweilers, blacksmithing, and knife- and sword-making.