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Frank Cius – Part 7: The Loss

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.

After being shot down during a rescue mission in Laos and captured by Nung soldiers, Dexter and Frank were forced to walk the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In Part 7, Frank describes traveling along Highway 1 and Dexter’s deteriorating health.


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