Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi


60m 1999

Brief Synopsis

In 1966, on a bombing raid over Vietnam, Air Force Captain Pete Peterson was shot down and spent six years as a prisoner of war. Thirty-one years later, Peterson returns to Vietnam -- voluntarily -- as the first U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam since the war. The program documents his odyssey as he crissc

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

In 1966, on a bombing raid over Vietnam, Air Force Captain Pete Peterson was shot down and spent six years as a prisoner of war. Thirty-one years later, Peterson returns to Vietnam -- voluntarily -- as the first U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam since the war. The program documents his odyssey as he crisscrosses the country on a mission of reconciliation.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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