In this 11-part series, Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Frank Cius shares his remarkable story of survival, spending more that five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
In Part 1, Frank reflects on growing up in Buffalo, New York, training in automobile mechanics, and working in a bar before deciding to join the Marines with friends during the Vietnam War era. Despite his parents’ objections, he completed boot camp, earned his father’s support, returned home briefly on leave, and then departed for deployment to Vietnam.
