Code of Honor

Dramesi, Lieut. Col. John A., USAF

ISBN 10: 0393055337 / ISBN 13: 9780393055337

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1975

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1975. 1st Printing. Very Good hardback book. Very Good dust jacket. A square, tight and clean copy that's signed by the author. 271pp. 8vo. (Rr).

Seller Inventory # 026730

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code of Honor
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393055337
• ISBN 13: 9780393055337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military/War

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Synopsis

Colonel John Arthur Dramesi (born February 12, 1933) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who was held as a prisoner of war at the Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Dramesi is one of the very few captives who never broke under torture. He was held along with Senator John McCain and has criticized McCain's conduct as a prisoner and after release. McCain would later hail him as "one of the toughest guys I've ever met." Dramesi has also criticized the conduct of a number of his fellow POWs. He was shot down over North Vietnam and captured on 1 April 1967. While a prisoner, Dramesi twice attempted to escape, without success. On the second occasion, his partner, Edwin Atterbury, was killed, and the entire prison population was subjected to "barbaric" reprisals. Plans for a third escape attempt, to be assisted by Navy SEALs in Operation Thunderhead, were cancelled after the SEALs were injured, and one killed, when jumping from a helicopter. Dramesi was released in 1973. Following his release, he continued his career in the Air Force, serving as a planner for U.S. forces in Europe, commander of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, flying the F-111F Aardvark, and as commander of the 509th Bomb Wing (Strategic Air Command), Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. While the commander of the 390th TFS, his autobiography, "Code of Honor" which was initially published in 1975 and again in 1990. He retired in 1982 with the rank of colonel.