The League of Wives - The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home

"With astonishing verve, The League of Wives persisted to speak truth to power to bring their POW/MIA husbands home from Vietnam. And with astonishing verve, Heath Hardage Lee has chronicled their little-known story - a profile of courage that spotlights 1960s-era military wives who forge secret codes with bravery, chutzpah and style. Honestly, I couldn-t put it down."
- Beth Macy, author of Dopesick and Factory Man

"Exhilarating and inspiring."
- Elaine Showalter, Washington Post

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington-and Hanoi-to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.

On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years