WOUNDED IN ACTION BY A BUTTSTROKE TO THE HEAD – LINED UP
FOR
EXECUTION DURING A 150KM MARCH TO THE POW CAMP – CAGED AND
CHAINED FOR 20+ MONTHS – INTERROGATED BY NORTH VIETNAMESE
OFFICIALS, A CUBAN INTERROGATION TEAM - EVEN AN AUSTRALIAN
JOURNALIST – ISAAC CAMACHO NEVER WAVERED IN HIS QUEST TO ESCAPE.
HE FOLLOWED STRICTLY - THE MILITARY CODE OF CONDUCT – ENCOURAGING
OTHER POWs TO JOIN WITH HIM. HAVING LOST 60 POUNDS, DEATHLY SICK WITH
MALARIA, BERIBERI, AND HEPATITIS, ISAAC CAMACHO ESCAPED HIS POW CAGE
ALONE ON 9 JULY 1965 – EVADING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE SEARCH PATROLS
SEEKING TO KILL HIM. ON 13 JULY 1965, HE MADE HIS WAY TO A US ARMY
SPECIAL FORCES CAMP FINALLY TO CHERISHED FREEDOM. HE WAS AWARDED A
DIRECT COMMISSION BY THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE US ARMY – AS WELL AS THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) IN 1999 BY (THEN) TEXAS GOVERNOR
GEORGE W. BUSH. THIS IS THE STORY OF POW ESCAPEE ISAAC CAMACHO – A TRUE
AMERICAN HERO.
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