Code of Honor Author:John A. Dramesi On April 2, 1967, Dramesi was sent on a bombing mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. When he was near the city of Ba Don, his aircraft was shot down and Dramesi bailed out. Dramesi twisted his knee as he landed, and was immediately surrounded by North Vietnamese. He shot at them, but was captured when he took a bullet in the right le... more »g.
Eight days later, he dismantled the side of his cell and as his guards slept, escaped. He made more than nine miles but was recaptured the next day. (This was April 11th.) The commissar in charge incited a crowd to stone and beat him as punishment. The next day, he was taken by truck to the "Hanoi Hilton" and then to the "Zoo," both in the Hanoi prison system. This is the story of Col. Dramesi's time in, attempts to escape and torture from from a North Vietnamese POW camp. Shot down over Vietnam, he refused to accept defeat and lead the only organized escape from Hanoi prison.« less