Flight of the Dragon: A Taiwanese U-2 Pilots Long Journey to Freedom Rios Bromley LindaPaperback
Flight of the Dragon: A Taiwanese U-2 Pilots Long Journey to Freedom Rios Bromley LindaPaperback When Chang-di 'Robin' Yeh departed on his scheduled recon flight on 1 November 1963, his life was full…
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Flight of the Dragon: A Taiwanese U-2 Pilots Long Journey to Freedom Rios Bromley LindaPaperback
When Chang-di 'Robin' Yeh departed on his scheduled recon flight on 1 November 1963, his life was full of promise. Promised early on he would be returned to Taiwan, the weeks and months passed without change. In an instant, the experienced pilot transitioned from a free man to a prisoner held on spy charges by mainland China.
The son of a retired nationalist army general and educated in private schools, Yeh was forced to do the most menial jobs while in captivity: cleaning after farm animals, pulling weeds by hand, overhauling trucks and tallying workers' farm productions. Denounced by the government of Taiwan, Yeh became a man without a country. Interrogations continued with the hope Yeh would break; the guards and interrogators were surprised at his unwavering position.
Day after day, the examiners continued the questions about his flight, his aircraft, his squadron and even his