Two men lie motionless in a swamp breathing shallowly through hollow reeds. An enemy patrol is searching the area for them probing the dense vegetation near the bank with bayonets but t venturing into the dank leech infested water. Nearby are six American prisoners in a bamboo cage. Jake Mathews attempted to rescue them before being discovered. For the Americans the war was over, but t for these men.
A former journalist, April Johnson has worked for two major newspapers, The Anchorage Daily News and The Miami Herald. She went to Vietnam while at the Miami Herald and wrote features covering the war and the Vietnamese people. April lives on the shores of a lake in Eustis, Florida, with her three Labrador Retrievers.